calypsolike

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adjective

Resembling calypso music.

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

adjectivecalypsolike (comparative more calypsolike, superlative most calypsolike)

comparative more calypsolike · superlative most calypsolike

  1. entertainmentResembling calypso music.

    The band is called Let Freedom Swing, and in Thursday night’s early set it played […] a calypsolike “We Shall Overcome”; and a version of Herbie Hancock ’s strange bossa nova “I Have a Dream.”

    2009 January 24, Ben Ratliff, “Jazz With a Mission, and a Groove”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishcalypso
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishcalypsolike

From calypso + -like.

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APA

calypsolike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calypsolike

MLA

“calypsolike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calypsolike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calypsolike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calypsolike.

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