talelike

adj

talelike

adj

Etymology From tale + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a tale.

  • Such a legend—a mock one, recognized by its audience as talelike in execution and function—can be useful too, and in its light we need to broaden our conception of legends.2003, Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, part 1, chapter 2, 45:
Related terms
fairy-tale-like

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