FANCILESS

Etymology

Adjective

fanciless (comparative more fanciless, superlative most fanciless)

Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.

Zounds! shall a pert or bluff important wight, / Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white; / A mumbling ape of taste; prescribe us laws […]

Source: Wiktionary


Fan"*ci*less, a.

Definition: Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.] A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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