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pricksongs

pricksongs is the plural of pricksong.

Meaning of pricksong

Noun

pricksong (plural pricksongs)

  1. (historical) Music that is sung from notation written with dots or points, as opposed to by ear; sheet music.
    • Well said, wench, and the prick-song we use shall be our husbands'.1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, I.1
  2. (historical) A melody performed as a counterpoint to a plainsong.

Questions about pricksongs

What is pricksongs the plural of?
Pricksongs is the plural of pricksong.

Words near pricksongs in the dictionary

  1. pricks up
  2. pricks up one's ears
  3. prickshaft
  4. prickshafts
  5. pricksong
  6. pricksongs
  7. prickt
  8. pricktease
  9. prickteaser
  10. prickteasers
  11. prickteases

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