basso-profundobasso-profondon.
/ˌbasəʊprəˈfʌndəʊ//ˌbasəʊprəˈfɒndəʊ/ Music.
A deep bass voice, having a compass of about two octaves above the D below the bass stave; also, a singer having a voice of this compass. Also attributive.
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1860 W. M. Thackeray Roundabout Papers (1863) 34 Why not a singing artist? Why not a basso-profondo?
1909 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 4/4 The basso-profondo thunderer of the church choir.
1924 Notes & Queries 22 Mar. 221/1 I heard a song sung by a basso profundo, once a professional.
1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xi. 195 I..had to be..prompted..in the basso profundo of an over zealous Latin teacher.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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