gamelanlike

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adjective

Resembling a gamelan or the sound of gamelan music

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

adjectivegamelanlike (comparative more gamelanlike, superlative most gamelanlike)

comparative more gamelanlike · superlative most gamelanlike

  1. Resembling a gamelan or the sound of gamelan music

    Anther track, Clouds Collapse, is the albums brief textural diversion; it pings a gamelanlike melody amid feedback and distortion.

    2007 December 31, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishgamelan
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishgamelanlike

From gamelan + -like.

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Chicago

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