Lullist
Lullist noun: a partisan of Jean-Baptiste Lully.
Noun
Lullist (plural Lullists)
- A partisan of Jean-Baptiste Lully.
- Rameau had soon so many admirers of his own, and met with so much opposition from the admirers of Lulli that two parties of Lullists and of Ramists were formed.1862, Sutherland Edwards, History of the Opera, from Its Origin in Italy to the Present Time, volume 1, London, page 219
- In opposition to the beliefs of the Lullists, the Ramists sought to dispel conventionalized ballets that treated of gods and godesses, demi-gods and heroes acting in a preconceived manner that displayed the grandeurs of their divinity, and substituted a ballet depicting the world as it exists.1943, A Study of the Development of the Art of Dancing, page 55
Forms of Lullist
| plural | Lullists |
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Origin of Lullist
From Lully + -ist.
Questions about Lullist
- What does Lullist mean?
- Lullist means a partisan of Jean-Baptiste Lully.
- What part of speech is Lullist?
- Lullist is a noun.
- What is the plural of Lullist?
- The plural of Lullist is Lullists.
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