dulcimerlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From dulcimer + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of a dulcimer.
A gently droning main theme on a dulcimerlike instrument sets the mood as other instruments enter with delicate sliding figurations, speckled bursts of percussion and sustained chords that sound entrancingly off-pitch.
2007 December 6, Anthony Tommasini, “Dreams (and Instruments) of a Visionary Tinkerer”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dulcimerlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dulcimerlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |