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necklacelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From necklace + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a necklace.
   • “Papillons” follows Schumann’s Opus 1 (the “Abegg Variations”) and serves as prototype for the fanciful pianistic storytelling and the fragmentary necklacelike format that would occupy his early work. 2008 March 7, Bernard Holland, “Pianistic Tales, Fanciful and Eccentric”, in New York Times:

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