necklacelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

necklace +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

necklacelike (comparative more necklacelike, superlative most necklacelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a necklace.
    • 2008 March 7, Bernard Holland, “Pianistic Tales, Fanciful and Eccentric”, in New York Times[1]:
      “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.