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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Similar to The Beatles or their music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
A style influenced by the psychedelic era of the Beatles, prominent around 1967, characterized by vibrant colors, Indian influences, or flower power motifs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: aesthetic
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History
Etymology tree English beat all Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English Beatals Proto-Indo-European *bhew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil Old English bitula, bitela, bītel Middle English bitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle English beetle ▲ English -s English beetles blend English Beatles Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque English Beatlesque From Beatles + -esque.
