scripturelike
Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
Adjective
- Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
- As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike, to show drunkards their sinful ways and to lead them to a life of sobriety which would herald financial and social prosperity. - 1997, David S....
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English scripturelike From scripture + -like.