madrigal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
verb sing madrigals

From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

When he had exhausted his pretty madrigals, M. Schmoll became sombre and pitiful. — The Red Lily — Complete, Anatole France
"It's one of those old-fashioned sort of things--I believe you call them madrigals," she ventured. — The Princess of the School, Angela Brazil
"I have to rush indoors now and help to dress the 'Elizabethan' girls for the final madrigal. — The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story, Angela Brazil

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