Gleecraft

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Music; the art of music. uncountable

    "Other things earthen, as they fade and crumble, Sing deathsongs in the minor key of gleecraft."

Example

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"Other things earthen, as they fade and crumble, Sing deathsongs in the minor key of gleecraft."

Etymology

From Middle English gleocræft, from Old English glēocræft, glīwcræft (“music, art of music, minstrelsy”), equivalent to glee + -craft.

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