MORBIDEZZAS

MORBIDEZZA

Mor`bi*dez"za, n. Etym: [It., softness, delicacy. See Morbid.]

1. (Fine Arts)

Definition: Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy. Ludden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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STICKILY

(adverb) in a sticky viscid manner; “he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead”


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