Noh

//noʊ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of classical Japanese musical drama. uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of notice of hearing. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    A form of classical Japanese music drama. uncountable
  4. 4
    An individual play in this style. countable, dated, possibly, rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noh."

Synonyms

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nogaku

Example

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"I met an American who was interested in Noh plays."

Etymology

Etymology 1

An irregular romanization of Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 能 (nō), from Middle Chinese 能 (nong, “talent, ability”).

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