mosaiclike

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adjective

Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition

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

adjectivemosaiclike (comparative more mosaiclike, superlative most mosaiclike)

comparative more mosaiclike · superlative most mosaiclike

  1. artResembling a mosaic, particularly in composition

    Davies has devised a mosaiclike film language.

    2009 January 11, Dennis Lim, “Remembrance of Liverpool Past”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΜουσεῖον (Mouseîon)
  2. Ancient Greekμουσεῖον (mouseîon)
  3. Late Latinmūsīvum
  4. Medieval Latinmusaicum
  5. Italianmosaico
  6. Middle Frenchmosaïque
  7. Englishmosaic
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. Englishmosaiclike

From mosaic + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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