simile
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪməli/
The English word “simile” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
- Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
- Something similar that's not a clone.
Etymology
From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.
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