similitude
noun
likeness; resemblance.
similitudes
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pluralof similitude.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But plenty of writers can conjure exciting similitudes.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
For I have with wondering eyes beheld a thousand forms and similitudes, of which I am not able to write.
From Time Magazine Archive
In states of deep sorrow or strong trial, when the heart turns from the natural world, hopeless of aid or consolation, truth often comes in dreams and similitudes.
From The Home Mission by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Prefig′urātive, showing by previous figures, types, or similitudes.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
We are accustomed to their shifting similitudes, their inability to express themselves, their pretensions, and their good nature.
From A Practical Novelist by John Davidson
