单词 | evirato |
释义 | eviraton. A male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain an alto or soprano voice. Cf. castrato n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > castrato eunuch1732 castrato1763 evirato1796 musico1821 tenorino1867 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio III. 330 The exquisite voices and refinements in singing of the Evirati. 1879 J. Marshall in Grove Dict. Music I. 514 He [Ferri] seems to have surpassed all the evirati in brilliance and endurance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1796 |
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