gleichsam

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (formal) as it were; so to speak
  2. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) equally; likewise

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌzaːm/
Etimologie (Engels)

15th century, from gleich + -sam. Earlier attested as a Middle High German noun gelīchsame (“image, double, likeness”) and a verb gelīchsamen (“to compare”); and Old High German gilīhsam (“similar, hypocrite”).

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