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melismatic
[ mel-iz-mat-ik ]
adjective
- Music. in a musical style that allows several notes to be sung to one syllable of text:
The work’s dotted rhythms, soaring melismatic passages, suspensions, and changes of time signature make it the most widely sung of Purcell's choral compositions.
The title song is a melismatic rock anthem that's a Top Forty–quality enduring earworm.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of melismatic1
First recorded in 1815–25; from Greek mélismat-, stem of mélisma, “song, tune” ( melisma ( def ) ) + -ic ( def )
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