nun
noun
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
nunlike
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a word derived from
nun.
Example Sentences
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Michael Fassbender stars as Callum Lynch, a death-row criminal who’s executed before our eyes, only to be brought back to life by a beautiful scientist in flawless red lipstick and a nunlike hairdo.
From Time ● Dec. 19, 2016
Dickinson, the nunlike individualist, again filled the bill.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2010
A council of crows sat to hear the amazing music and departed mystified, all but a nunlike raven, who found the beakless Caruso and adored him.
From Time Magazine Archive
She seemed to be imploring forgiveness with her tearful orbs outlined with blue against the nunlike delicacy of her skin.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
His wife blushed and looked up at him, the colour rising to her beautiful brow and giving a youthful radiance to her nunlike face.
From The Battle Ground by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
