mutantlike

English

Etymology

From mutant +‎ -like.

Adjective

mutantlike (comparative more mutantlike, superlative most mutantlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mutant.
    • 2013 April 14, Stephen Mansfield, “An era of Tokyo art worth another look”, in The Japan Times‎[1]:
      The images of a mutantlike head and amputated torso featured on the front and back covers of this book, suggest identities that have altered their form for the worse.
    • 2022 February 14, Eowyn Ivey, “Marlon James’s Moon Witch Tells Her Side of a Haunting Story”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      As fishwomen swam past and mutantlike children scuttled across the ceiling, there was no gentle narrator to chime in with the equivalent of “What is a hobbit? I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays.”
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