quiltlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quilt +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

quiltlike (comparative more quiltlike, superlative most quiltlike)

  1. Resembling a quilt
    • 2007 August 3, Randy Kennedy, “Underground Renaissance Man: Watch the Aesthetic Walls, Please”, in New York Times[1]:
      Their quiltlike geometric abstractions, evoking Piet Mondrian and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, began to put a straight edge to the subway’s swoops and curlicues, its terra-cotta cornucopias and floral medallions.