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chamberlike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling chamber music.
    • “Fantasy” (Palmetto) is Mr. Mays’s other recent effort, and on it he presents chamberlike originals and canonical reinterpretations (again including Debussy, Bach and Scriabin). 2007 September 2, Nate Chinen, “That Ticking Sound? It’s Beck’s New Single”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most chamberlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more chamberlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic