cleflike en · ADJ
Etymology
From clef + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a musical clef.
Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934).
2008 May 8, Karen Rosenberg, “Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cleflike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cleflike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |