INTERLUDED

Verb

interluded

simple past tense and past participle of interlude

Adjective

interluded (not comparable)

Inserted as an interlude.

Having interludes.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

In"ter*lu`ded, a.

Definition: Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.

INTERLUDE

In`ter*lude, n. Etym: [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F. interlude. See Ludicrous.]

1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting. Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes When monarch reason sleeps. Dryden.

2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition