harplike

H4A1R1P3L1I1K5E1

adjective

Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveharplike (comparative more harplike, superlative most harplike)

comparative more harplike · superlative most harplike

  1. Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music

    And at first she made music closely related to his, often reflective, minor and modal; on piano or harp she played flowing, harplike phrases over a deep midtempo swing, and she worked with the bassist Jimmy Garrison and the drummer Rashied Ali from John Coltrane’s band.

    2007 January 15, Ben Ratliff, “Alice Coltrane, Jazz Artist and Spiritual Leader, Dies at 69”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishharp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishharplike

From harp + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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