Jigsawlike
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling a jigsaw puzzle in form or complexity
"In this detailed, jigsawlike procedural, which cracks open the unsolved case of the symbol-mad killer who taunted and terrorized the Bay Area in the late '60s and early '70s, the thrill and confusion of the chase gives way to the slow burn and the haunting clarity of defeat."
Example
More examples"In this detailed, jigsawlike procedural, which cracks open the unsolved case of the symbol-mad killer who taunted and terrorized the Bay Area in the late '60s and early '70s, the thrill and confusion of the chase gives way to the slow burn and the haunting clarity of defeat."
Etymology
From jigsaw + -like.
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