sicklelike

== English == === Etymology === From sickle +‎ -like. === Adjective === sicklelike (comparative more sicklelike, superlative most sicklelike) Resembling or characteristic of a sickle. 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred: Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.