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Definition of fioritura noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fioritura

noun

/fiˌɔːrɪˈtʊərə/

/fiˌɔːrɪˈtʊrə/

(plural fioriture

/fiˌɔːrɪˈtʊəri/,

/fiˌɔːrɪˈtʊəreɪ/

/fiˌɔːrɪˈtʊri/,

/fiˌɔːrɪˈtʊreɪ/

)

(music, from Italian)

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extra notes added to a melody by an opera singer in order to decorate the music
Word OriginItalian, literally ‘flowering’, from fiorire ‘to flower’.

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