waltzlike

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adjective

Resembling a waltz.

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

adjectivewaltzlike (comparative more waltzlike, superlative most waltzlike)

comparative more waltzlike · superlative most waltzlike

  1. Resembling a waltz.

    The waltzlike lavolta performed by two persons could be danced somewhat like the galliard with high leaping.

    1957, Lee E Pearson, Elizabethans at Home

Origin

  1. Englishwaltz
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishwaltzlike

From waltz + -like.

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APA

waltzlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waltzlike

MLA

“waltzlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waltzlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waltzlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waltzlike.

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