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tapestrylike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tapestry.
    • The tapestrylike pictures have a sweetly personal poetry unlike the more anonymously stylized look of the exhibition’s other works. 2007 October 12, Ken Johnson, “From Tibet, Art of Enlightenment”, in New York Times:

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most tapestrylike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more tapestrylike Degree=Cmp lexicographic