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insectile

[ in-sek-til ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or like an insect.
  2. consisting of insects.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of insectile1

First recorded in 1605–15; insect + -ile
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Example Sentences

Insectile limbs stuck out from a few of the jackets, and mandibles clicked from grossly wide mouths.

So a gaming chair is not something I’m really in the market for, much less an insectile gaming cockpit with six legs.

Without being beautiful, he gave an unexpected impression of beauty—but then he would subtly thrust out his jaw, with his lips parted so that his lower teeth were just visible, and his narrow face would look strangely insectile and predatory, like something with large mandibles.

Correspondents roamed the convention floor while wearing headsets with insectile antennae.

You have to time your taps as squares of light whoosh pass, an insectile drummer skidding and grinding through turns or raising your gossamer beetle wings to graze rings.

From Time

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