ˈsuch-like, ˈsuchlike, a. and pron.
[f. such a. + like a. Cf. sic-like, swilk-like.]
A. adj. Of such a kind; of the like or a similar kind; of the before-mentioned sort or character.
| 1422 Yonge tr. Secr. Secr. 239 Suche-like dyuersite may a man fynde in dyuerses stomakis. 1526 Tindale Mark vii. 8 Many other suche lyke thinges ye do. a 1557 M. Basset tr. More's Treat. Pass. Wks. 1357/1 Hunger, thyrste, slepe, werines, & such like disposicions. c 1610 Women Saints 160 As for paynted face, or colouring of eyes, and such like brickle brauerie. 1660 Fuller Mixt Contemp. (1841) 177 An old ship, some few rotten nets, and such-like inconsiderable accommodations. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §19 Glaucus, or such-like great men in the minute philosophy. a 1774 Goldsm. Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776) I. 314 A piece of butter, or some such like substance. 1822 Lamb Elia i. Dream Childr., Peaches, nectarines, oranges, and such-like common baits of children. 1844 Kinglake Eothen viii, She said..that the practice of such⁓like arts was unholy as well as vulgar. 1910 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 11) XIV. 167/2 When a dog, then, is observed to gnaw and eat suchlike matters,..it should be suspected. |
† b. With quantitative adjs. and ellipt. Obs.
| 1489 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 434/2 Shetis, Dyapers, Pottes,..and other siche like. 1535 Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb. 38) He calleth the same the lyfe of condempnacion or dampnable lyfe..with many siche lyke. 1614 Selden Titles Hon. 6 Such like more occurre in ancient..Storie very frequent. |
c. predicatively. (rare.)
| 1535 Coverdale Ecclus. xlv. 6 He chose Aaron his brother.., exalted him, & made him soch like. 1767 Mickle Concub. ii. lix, Such was his Life;..And suchlich [sic] was his Cave. 1874 Sayce Compar. Philol. ii. 69 Suchlike were the answers readily given to the inquirer. |
d. Having forward reference, usually with correlative as. (rare.)
| 1591 Shakes. Two Gent. iv. i. 52 Such like petty crimes as these. 1598 Barnfield ‘As it fell upon a day’ 39 Poems (Arb.) 121 If that one be prodigall, Bountifull, they will him call. And with such-like flattering, Pitty but hee were a King. 1623 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 288 Such-like course shall be taken as was in a like occasion at his Majesties coming into England. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 276 Suchlike hearts As ye have. |
B. pron. Usually pl. Such-like persons or things; also sing., something of that kind; the like. Chiefly in and such-like, or such-like.
| a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 74 Bark-duste, psidie, balaustie, mumme and sich like. 1535 Coverdale Ps. xv. 3 All my delyte is vpon the sanctes that are in the earth, and vpon soch like. 1535 ― Ezek. xviii. 14 A sonne..that seith all this fathers synnes,..feareth, nether doth soch like. 1535 ― Gal. v. 21 The dedes of y⊇ flesh are manifest, which are these:..dronkennes, glotony, and soch like. 1571 Digges Pantom. i. xxviii. I j, Marked uppon a slate or such like. 1579 Mem. St. Giles's, Durham (Surtees) 1 Payde to Richard Gylson..for layinge up earthe to y⊇ whicke ij.s. vj.d. Item payde to Rycharde Robinson for suche lyke ii.s. iij.d. 1592 in J. Morris Troubles Cath. Forefathers (1877) 32 Those letters are carried to Topcliffe or such like. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 214 These Bushes, Brakes, and suchlike. a 1774 Goldsm. Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776) I. 191 A smooth marble hearth-stone, or such like. 1865 Kingsley Herew. xl, He has a ring or two left, or an owch, or such like. 1869 Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 6 There's thorns and such-like as high as my head. 1878 Browning Poets Croisic, etc. 193 A bard, sir, famed of yore, Went where suchlike used to go. |
† b. as in A. d. Obs. rare.
| 1676 Hale Contempl. i. 7 These, and such like as these. |