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balladlike

adj

Etymology

From ballad + -like.

  1. derived from ballare
  2. derived from ballada — “poem for a dance”
  3. borrowed from ballade
  4. suffixed as balladlike — “ballad + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.

    • This veteran jazz pianist’s new album, “Solo in Mondsee” (ECM), is a solo-piano record of improvisations, most of them balladlike and quite beautiful, even in their most sprawling phases.

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