Frostinglike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of frosting.

    "There are variations, like Al Held’s stark, existentialist compositions, with the canvas divided into quadrants. Ms. Goldfarb’s impasto is applied, frostinglike, with a palette knife, and Norman Bluhm offers a symphony of splatters."

Example

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"There are variations, like Al Held’s stark, existentialist compositions, with the canvas divided into quadrants. Ms. Goldfarb’s impasto is applied, frostinglike, with a palette knife, and Norman Bluhm offers a symphony of splatters."

Etymology

From frosting + -like.

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