salamanderlike

adj — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From salamander + -like.

Resembling a salamander.

Possessing the characteristics or abilities of a salamander.

Hey! How she tosses up, how far! The mounting Top-mast touch'd a Star; The Meteors blaz'd as thro' the Clouds we came, And Salamander-like, we live in Flame [...]c. 1681, Henry Purcell, Thomas D'Urfey, “Blow, Boreas, blow”, in Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans, [Act I, scene i]:

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