fioriture

English

Etymology

Italian, plural of fioritura (“a flowering”).

Noun

fioriture pl (plural only)

  1. (music) Little "flowers" of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fioriture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Noun

fioriture f (plural fioritures)

  1. (especially in plural) flourish, frill, fioriture

Further reading

Italian

Noun

fioriture f

  1. plural of fioritura

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