paintinglike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English painting Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English paintinglike From painting + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a painting
[…] on the whole he appears to favor more a resolved, paintinglike solidity of form.
2009 January 23, Holland Cotter, “Where Lines Become a Kind of Language”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more paintinglike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most paintinglike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi maalauksellinen (resembling a painting)