dervish
noun
a member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, as the Sufis, some of which carry on ecstatic observances, such as energetic dancing and whirling or vociferous chanting or shouting.
dervish-like
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a word derived from
dervish.
Example Sentences
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His large collage drawing surrounds images cut from anatomy books with whirling dervish-like lines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2021
It's a novel about dance that ends with a major character, Tracy, herself a lapsed professional dancer, joyously whirling dervish-like with her children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2018
Dr. White was, in the description of Time magazine, “as dervish-like as the environment he has set out to control.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2015
But the flames were dervish-like, capriciously carving jigsaw patterns out of untouched forest, sometimes encircled by heavily burned areas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole thing produces on the mind the impression of a clap-trap performance, with no heart or soul underneath all its ravings, bellowings, and dervish-like contortions.
From Sketches in the House (1893) by T. P. O'Conner
