zen-likehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zen-like_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZen-like, adj.
First published 2006

Zen-likeadjective

  1. a1908–
    Reminiscent or characteristic of Zen Buddhism or its teachings; spec. meditative; calm, serene.
    Stressed as ˈZen-like.
    1. a1908
      [A] Zen-like recognition that something characteristic and structural in every organic and inorganic form is friendly to man.
      E. F. Fenollosa, Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art (1912) vol. II. x. 7
    2. 1957
      As for the examples of his ink work, are they not complete, finished poems? How Zen-like in essence.
      College Art Journal vol. 16 184
    3. 1987
      She appeared an island of almost zenlike calm in the sea of nervous neo-chimpanzees.
      D. Brin, Uplift War 620
    4. 2015
      His laconic attitude and his relaxed zen-like sense of being.
      B. Beaty, Twelve-cent Archie 63

Originally published as part of the entry for Zen, n. & adj.

Zen-like, adj. was first published in 2006.