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catwalklike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English catwalk Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English catwalklike From catwalk + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a catwalk.
   • Behind the fireplace is a catwalklike passage with a gridded handrail. 1990, Architectural Digest, volume 47, page 209:
2. Resembling or characteristic of a fashion catwalk or the manner of a fashion model.
   • Sometimes strikingly picturesque, always fluid in its comings and goings, it switches between episodes of sensual impulsiveness; coy, catwalklike audience-awareness; […] 2008 December 12, Alastair Macaulay, “Glimpses of India, Eruptions of Chaos, Flashes of Choreography”, in The New York Times:

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