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madrigalistic

madrigalistic adjective: pertaining to a madrigal.

Adjective

madrigalistic (comparative more madrigalistic, superlative most madrigalistic)

  1. Pertaining to a madrigal.
    • Although madrigalistic and grammatical silences appear throughout Handel's cantata repertory, disruptive silence that cuts through the score and temporarily halts the flow of speech and music is a particular feature of his English set.2004, Ellen T. Harris, Handel as Orpheus: Voice and Desire in the Chamber Cantatas

Forms of madrigalistic

comparativemore madrigalistic
superlativemost madrigalistic

Questions about madrigalistic

What does madrigalistic mean?
Madrigalistic means pertaining to a madrigal.
What part of speech is madrigalistic?
Madrigalistic is an adjective.

Words near madrigalistic in the dictionary

  1. madrigaletti
  2. madrigaletto
  3. madrigalian
  4. madrigalic
  5. madrigalist
  6. madrigalistic
  7. madrigalists
  8. madrigals
  9. madrih
  10. madrihim
  11. Madril

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