fuguelike

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adjective

Resembling a fugue

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

adjectivefuguelike (comparative more fuguelike, superlative most fuguelike)

comparative more fuguelike · superlative most fuguelike

  1. Resembling a fugue
adverbfuguelike (comparative more fuguelike, superlative most fuguelike)

comparative more fuguelike · superlative most fuguelike

  1. In the manner of a fugue

    Ultimately, Furst suggests that each generation is condemned to live out its parents’ unresolved stories, over and over, fuguelike.

    2007 October 21, Field Maloney, “Here in Dinkytown”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishfugue
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishfuguelike

From fugue + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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