caretlike

English

Etymology

caret +‎ -like

Adjective

caretlike (comparative more caretlike, superlative most caretlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a caret.
   • 1947, Austin Hobart Clark, Ailsa McGown Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids:

     On the succeeding segments the stem of the T becomes progressively shorter until the T is reduced to a caretlike angle with the apex inward...

   • 1968, Maggie Rennert, A moment in Camelot:

     When he released her, Marian reached up and smoothed the caretlike quirk in his eyebrow and then put her hand back in his.

   • 1992, Patrick Huyghe, Columbus was last:

     And caretlike omission signs have been found on Greek documents dating back at least as far as the fourth century BC.

Anagrams

• clarkeite