gorillalike

English

Etymology

From gorilla +‎ -like.

Adjective

gorillalike (comparative more gorillalike, superlative most gorillalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 171:
      The faint light that filtered in from above showed him a large, low-ceiled vault from which several doorways led off into inky darkness, but there was no need to thread an unknown way, for there before him lay the objects of his search—the mad brute had the girl upon the floor, and gorilla-like fingers were clutching frantically at her throat as she struggled to escape the fury of the awful thing upon her.
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