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THE DOCTOR AND THE DIVA by Adrienne McDonnell
coloraturas - The maestro's fists would fall onto the ivory keys in a temper, or he would withdraw his hands from the keyboards and punish his failed coloraturas with long silences. (p. 238)
coloraturas: a lyric soprano of high range who specializes in such music.
What new words did you discover this week?
2 comments:
That's a great word, but I doubt I'll ever have the chance to use it. Thanks for playing along!
I don't recall ever seeing that word before, or if I did, I skipped over it because the dictionary wasn't handy. LOL!
Terrific word, Julie.
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