cometlike

Resembling or characteristic of a comet.

Adjective

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
    • WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — Astronomers have discovered that a giant star that has been studied for centuries is streaking across the sky trailing an enormous, cometlike tail. - 2007 August 16, Warren E. Leary, “Long-Studied...

Origin

From comet + -like.

Forms

more cometlike most cometlike