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fuguelike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling a fugue

Forms

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fuguelike en · ADV

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. In the manner of a fugue
    • Ultimately, Furst suggests that each generation is condemned to live out its parents’ unresolved stories, over and over, fuguelike. 2007 October 21, Field Maloney, “Here in Dinkytown”, in New York Times:

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