Fioritura
//fjɒɹɪˈtjuːɹə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A musical embellishment or ornamentation.
"He groped for his loafers and walked aimlessly for some time among the trees of the coppice where thrushes were singing so richly, with such sonorous force, such fluty fioriture that one could not endure the agony of consciousness, the filth of life, the loss, the loss, the loss."
Example
More examples"He groped for his loafers and walked aimlessly for some time among the trees of the coppice where thrushes were singing so richly, with such sonorous force, such fluty fioriture that one could not endure the agony of consciousness, the filth of life, the loss, the loss, the loss."
Etymology
From Italian fioritura.
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