friezelike

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adjective

Resembling a frieze.

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

adjectivefriezelike (comparative more friezelike, superlative most friezelike)

comparative more friezelike · superlative most friezelike

  1. Resembling a frieze.

    It was a commission from a man who did not own thoroughbreds, so Stubbs was able to arrange a group of idealized horses in a friezelike composition.

    2007 February 16, Wendy Moonan, “Not Just Horses, Mind You, From George Stubbs”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishfrieze
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishfriezelike

From frieze + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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

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