Etymograph

English

leechlike

From leech + -like.

Formed from leech + -like

Old English lǣċe ‘blood-sucking worm’

Middle English leche ‘blood-sucking worm’

English leech

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of a leech, especially in being clinging or parasitic.

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Etymograph / leechlike