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单词 prima buffa
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prima buffan.

Brit. /ˌpriːmə ˈbuːfə/, /ˌpriːmə ˈbʊfə/, U.S. /ˌprimə ˈbufə/
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian prima buffa.
Etymology: < Italian prima buffa leading female singer or role in a comic opera (although this is apparently first attested later: a1825 or earlier) < prima , feminine of primo first (see prime adj.) + buffa comic actress, feminine form corresponding to buffo buffo n.
The leading female singer or role in a comic opera, esp. in the 18th-century Italian opera buffa. Now chiefly historical.
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1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 523 In the burletta troop, the tenor and prima buffa were..inferior to the expectations of the public.
1827 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Musical Reminisc. (ed. 2) ii. 33 The company for the comic opera consisted of the primo buffo, tenor, prima buffa, buffo caricato, bass, seconda buffa, and ultima parte, bass.
1945 A. Mendel & N. Broder tr. A. Einstein Mozart xxii. 423 Prima buffa: Emilia, young Roman woman of noble birth, of somewhat capricious temperament.
1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VI. 207/2 The chief, or buffo group [of parts in the opera buffa] consisted of two female performers, called the prima and secunda buffa, and three men.
1999 T. Fauntleroy & N. Rossi Domenico Cimarosa iv. 54 The soprano Marianna Monti..was the prima buffa of both operas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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