Resembling a flute in sound, appearance, or quality; having characteristics similar to a flute.
Compound of 'flute' and '-like' (Old English 'gelik,' meaning similar). A productive formation that became common in descriptive writing during the 19th century.
The '-like' suffix is infinitely flexible—we can make any word into a comparison instantly, which is why English keeps reinventing itself even without new root words.
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