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单词 diabolus
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diabolusn.

Brit. /dɪˈabəlʊs/, /dʌɪˈabələs/, U.S. /daɪˈæbələs/
Forms: 1800s– diabolus, 1900s– diabolos.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Latin diabolus ; diabolus in musica n.
Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin diabolus (in diabolus in musica diabolus in musica n.), and partly shortened < diabolus in musica n.
Music. Now rare.
= diabolus in musica n. Also sometimes used of other musical intervals regarded as disallowed by the rules of harmony.
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tritone1609
diabolus1838
diabolus in musica1853
1838 Boston Mus. Gaz. 17 Oct. 97/3 The chromatic [movement]..skipped the B and F, the diabolus of old.
1849 Rambler May 70/2 If Mr. K. will turn to p. 205 of his Manual, he will perceive that his system of ‘correct copying’ has introduced this ‘diabolus’ in the equivalent interval of za-mi.
1877 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 256/1 To be sure, the diabolus between the sixth and seventh degrees is to a certain extent unmelodious.
1917 H. A. Dickinson & C. Dickinson Excursions Musical Hist. xiii. 148 Monteverdi..did not hesitate to use freely that augmented fourth, which was the Diabolus in music.
1987 A. VandenBroeck Al-Kemi iii. 69 In the dominant chord, the interval between third and seventh is precisely the flatted fifth, the tritone, the renowned diabolus.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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