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Madrigal Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Madrigal has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

2

A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.

Verb
1

sing madrigals

"The group was madrigaling beautifully"

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
partsong sing
Rhyming Words
gal agal mgal egal x gal regal ergal jugal argal dogal algal legal kogal segal vagal tagal pygal zygal yigal fergal
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