mandolinlike

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adjective

Resembling a mandolin, or the sound of mandolin music

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

adjectivemandolinlike (comparative more mandolinlike, superlative most mandolinlike)

comparative more mandolinlike · superlative most mandolinlike

  1. Resembling a mandolin, or the sound of mandolin music

    The Edge's distinctive mandolinlike upper-position chord fills took on a more sparkling quality, and Bono added some depth to his singing.

    1988 December 9, Alex Wilding-White, “Ho and Hum: Is success spoiling U2?”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Englishmandolin
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishmandolinlike

From mandolin + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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