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Madrigal

//ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
  2. 2
    an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form wordnet
  3. 3
    A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
  4. 4
    A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.
Verb
  1. 1
    sing madrigals wordnet

Etymology

From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

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