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单词 cantilene
释义

cantilenen.

Etymology: < French cantilène, < Latin cantilēna a song, an old song, gossip, etc., < cantillāre : see cantillate v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cantiˈlene.
Obsolete (except as French).
1. An old song, silly prattle; idle tale, trick.
ΚΠ
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4180 I knaw fals Schiphirds fyftie fidder,—War thair canteleinis kend.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cantilene, a verse, a common speech or tale, a song.
2. A song, a melody.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun]
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1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vii. §3. 355 They [sc. birds] chaunt her [sc. Aurora] out a mirthfull cantilene.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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