talelike

English

Etymology

tale +‎ -like

Adjective

talelike (comparative more talelike, superlative most talelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tale.
    • 2003, Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, part 1, chapter 2, 45:
      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.
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