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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

waltzlike en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Resembling a waltz.
    • The waltzlike lavolta performed by two persons could be danced somewhat like the galliard with high leaping. 1957, Lee E Pearson, Elizabethans at Home:

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