Necklacelike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a necklace.

    "“Papillons” follows Schumann’s Opus 1 (the “Abegg Variations”) and serves as prototype for the fanciful pianistic storytelling and the fragmentary necklacelike format that would occupy his early work."

Example

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"“Papillons” follows Schumann’s Opus 1 (the “Abegg Variations”) and serves as prototype for the fanciful pianistic storytelling and the fragmentary necklacelike format that would occupy his early work."

Etymology

From necklace + -like.

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