Resembling gumbo in texture, appearance, or consistency—thick, sticky, and muddy.
From 'gumbo' (a thick stew originating from West African and Creole cuisine) plus '-like' (suffix meaning resembling). Gumbo itself comes from Bantu languages via Creole French.
The suffix '-like' is English's way of comparing anything to anything else—you can make almost any word into a comparison, which is why we have hundreds of words like 'gumbolike' that describe how something reminds us of something else!
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