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   Mad·ri·gal

   /ˈmadrəɡəl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically arranged in elaborate counterpoint and without instrumental accompaniment. Originally used of a genre of 14th-century Italian songs, the term now usually refers to English or Italian songs of the late 16th and early 17th c., in a free style strongly influenced by the text.

   Word Origin from Italian madrigale (from medieval Latin carmen matricale ‘simple song’), from matricalis ‘maternal or primitive’, from matrix ‘womb’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. madrigalian adjective
   • 2. madrigalist noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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