can you say that something is 'treelike', 'untreelike', 'treeish'? Or is this totally incorrect use of the language?

Yes, the suffixes -like and -ish and the prefix un- are rather productive in English. Though untreeish sounds funny to me, treeish, treelike, and untreelike sound OK.

Last edited by zmjezhd; 03/27/06 01:02 PM.

Ceci n'est pas un seing.