accordionlike

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adjective

Resembling an accordion

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English accordion →
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Meanings

adjectiveaccordionlike (comparative more accordionlike, superlative most accordionlike)

comparative more accordionlike · superlative most accordionlike

  1. Resembling an accordion

    Héctor del Curto plays the bandoneón, an accordionlike instrument heard in the tangos of his native Argentina.

    2009 February 6, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. GermanAkkord
  2. GermanAkkordeon
  3. Englishaccordion
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Englishaccordionlike

From accordion + -like.

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APA

accordionlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accordionlike

MLA

“accordionlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accordionlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accordionlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accordionlike.

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