dartlike

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English dartlike From dart + -like.

derived from *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English dartlike From dart + -like✻
derived from dart English dart Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder
derived from *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂ Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor✻

Definitions

1
Resembling a dart.
- Near-synonym: darting
- dartlike movements
- The alto saxophonist Greg Osby has a brittle and dartlike style, well suited to exploratory post-bop or slippery free-funk.

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