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faburdens

faburdens is the plural of faburden.

Meaning of faburden

Noun

faburden (plural faburdens)

  1. A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass.
  2. A succession of chords of the sixth.
  3. (obsolete) A refrain.
    • [B]ecause he obseru'd Ergo was the deadly clap of the piece, […] hee accustomed to make it the Faburden to anie thing hee spake; As if anie of his companions complained hee was hungrie, hee would straight conclude Ergo you must goe to dinner; or if the clocke had stroke or bell towld, Ergo you must...1596, Thomas Nashe, “The Letter of Harueys Tutor to his Father, as touching his manners and behauior”, in Have with You to Saffron-Walden

Questions about faburdens

What is faburdens the plural of?
Faburdens is the plural of faburden.

Words near faburdens in the dictionary

  1. fabulous invalid
  2. fabulously
  3. fabulousness
  4. fabulousnesses
  5. faburden
  6. faburdens
  7. fac
  8. fac brat
  9. fac brats
  10. fac-simile
  11. fac-similes

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