henlike

English

Alternative forms

• hen-like

Etymology

hen +‎ -like

Adjective

henlike (comparative more henlike, superlative most henlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a hen.

   Synonyms: hennish, henny

   Hypernym: chickenlike

   Coordinate term: roosterlike

Adverb

henlike (comparative more henlike, superlative most henlike)

1. In the manner of a hen.
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, “An Introduction to ’Possum Gully”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 10:

     He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.

   • 1956, Robert C[onroy] Goldston, The Eighth Day, New York, N.Y., Toronto, Ont.: Rinehart & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 198:

     But then there was the rain. And with it memories of Vanikarri and the iron huts of the wards and the black-cloaked sisters running henlike through the puddles and giggling.

   • 1968, Time Capsule 1932: A History of the Year Condensed from the Pages of Time, New York, N.Y.: Time-Life Books, →LCCN, page 53:

     This brought other States running henlike to the winner.