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calypsolike

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See also: calypso-like

English

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Etymology

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From calypso +‎ -like.

Adjective

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calypsolike (comparative more calypsolike, superlative most calypsolike)

  1. (music) Resembling calypso music
    • 2009 January 24, Ben Ratliff, “Jazz With a Mission, and a Groove”, in New York Times[1]:
      The band is called Let Freedom Swing, and in Thursday night’s early set it played [] a calypsolike “We Shall Overcome”; and a version of Herbie Hancock ’s strange bossa nova “I Have a Dream.”