† elan.

/ˈeɪlɑː/

/eɪˈlɑː/

Forms: Also 1600s eela.

Etymology: < E n.¹ + la n.¹; denoting the particular note E which occurred only in the seventh Hexachord, in which it was sung to the syllable la . Compare e-la-mi n.

Music. Obsolete exc. Historical.

The highest note in the Gamut, or the highest note of the 7th Hexachord of Guido d'Arezzo, answering to the upper E in the treble. Often figurative as a type of something ‘high-flown’. Also attributive.

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1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aii The Musition, who being entreated, will scarce sing sol fa, but not desired, straine aboue Ela.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 64 a You must straine your wits an Ela oboue theyrs.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 168 Vntill our wit can reach an Ela straine.

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ii. 111 Although it [laughter] be at the highest pitch and scrued up to the very Eela of mirth, it vanisheth away.

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 50 An Age elevated above the Ela of common Humanity.

1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 121 Why, God-a-mercy..this is a note above E La.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ela
释义	† elan. /ˈeɪlɑː//eɪˈlɑː/ Forms: Also 1600s eela. Etymology: < E n.¹ + la n.¹; denoting the particular note E which occurred only in the seventh Hexachord, in which it was sung to the syllable la . Compare e-la-mi n. Music. Obsolete exc. Historical. The highest note in the Gamut, or the highest note of the 7th Hexachord of Guido d'Arezzo, answering to the upper E in the treble. Often figurative as a type of something ‘high-flown’. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > great scale or gamut > notes in gamut gammea1393 gamuta1450 quatreblea1450 superacute1504 ela1580 gamma1602 sur-sharp1786 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aii The Musition, who being entreated, will scarce sing sol fa, but not desired, straine aboue Ela. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 64 a You must straine your wits an Ela oboue theyrs. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 168 Vntill our wit can reach an Ela straine. 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ii. 111 Although it [laughter] be at the highest pitch and scrued up to the very Eela of mirth, it vanisheth away. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 50 An Age elevated above the Ela of common Humanity. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 121 Why, God-a-mercy..this is a note above E La. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1580
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