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chorusless

chorusless adjective: without a chorus.

Adjective

chorusless (not comparable)

  1. Without a chorus.
    • And not only the relative coherence of mythological plot, but the absence of a chorus from the plays of Epicharmus, so far as the fragments negatively attest, provide the requisite background for both the chorusless Hellenistic type and for an intermediate form in which a chorus, relatively...1899, Henry Washington Prescott, Selected Offprints - Volume 1, page 411
    • Or you may say "this is all so bad, but I like the idea of the second verse..." and be able to make it into the chorus of a song that has at this point been chorusless.1995, Kevin Mitchell, Essential Songwriter's Rhyming Dictionary: Handy Guide, →ISBN, page 18

Examples of chorusless in a sentence

  • The production was woefully inadequate, either because it should have been a big Hello, Dolly! type musical, or a chorusless, more intimate one (but that would have done me out of a job).2006, Denny Martin Flinn, Little Musicals for Little Theatres, →ISBN, page 132:
  • Hecuba has no such musical or aesthetic consolation, since all that remains for her is to “cry out chorusless woes.”2017, Naomi A. Weiss, The Music of Tragedy: Performance and Imagination in Euripidean Theater, →ISBN:

Origin of chorusless

From chorus + -less. Piecewise doublet of choirless.

Questions about chorusless

What does chorusless mean?
Chorusless means without a chorus.
How do you use chorusless in a sentence?
The production was woefully inadequate, either because it should have been a big Hello, Dolly! type musical, or a chorusless, more intimate one (but that would have done me out of a job).
What part of speech is chorusless?
Chorusless is an adjective.

Words near chorusless in the dictionary

  1. chorusers
  2. choruses
  3. chorusgirl
  4. chorusgirls
  5. chorusing
  6. chorusless
  7. choruslike
  8. chorusmaster
  9. chorusmasters
  10. chorussed
  11. chorusses

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