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friezelike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling a frieze.
    • It was a commission from a man who did not own thoroughbreds, so Stubbs was able to arrange a group of idealized horses in a friezelike composition. 2007 February 16, Wendy Moonan, “Not Just Horses, Mind You, From George Stubbs”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most friezelike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more friezelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic