bubblelike

English

Etymology

From bubble +‎ -like.

Adjective

bubblelike (comparative more bubblelike, superlative most bubblelike)

  1. Having the characteristics of a bubble.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 171:
      To obtain machinery, capital had to be raised; and to do this, calls had to be made upon the shares of the newly-floated companies, many of which were of too bubble-like a texture to stand the slightest strain on their finances.
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