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MELISMATIC
Etymology
Adjective
melismatic (comparative more melismatic, superlative most melismatic)
(music) Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text.
Usage notes
An attribute of some Islamic and Gregorian chants, as well as of a singing style prevalent in popular music from the early 1990s to the late 2000s.
Coordinate terms
• syllabic
• neumatic
Source: Wiktionary
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13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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