magpielike

English

Etymology

magpie +‎ -like

Adjective

magpielike (comparative more magpielike, superlative most magpielike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in the habit of hoarding objects.
   • 2007 May 7, Dennis Lim, “Newfangled Silent Movie With a Bit of Old Barnum”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Conceived as a live spectacle without a pre-recorded soundtrack, it is also the closest he has come to a pure silent feature, not that purity is a pertinent concept in the case of the magpielike Mr. Maddin and his dense, crossbred melodramas.