rosalia
noun
ro·sa·lia
rōˈzälyə
plural -s
: a melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated each time a step or half step higher
Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Rosalia (feminine name); from the occurrence of Rosalia as the first word in an old song employing such repetition
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
- in the flesh
- in the flower of one's youth
- in the flush of
- in the forefront
- in the foreseeable future
- in the frame
- in the front rank
- in the fullness of time
- in the grease
- in the guise of
- in the heat of battle
- in the heat of the battle
- in the hell
- in the hole
- in the hollow of one's hand
- in the hope of
- in the hope that
- in the hunt
- in the interest of
- in the interim
- in the know
- in the land of the living
- in the lap of luxury
- in the lap of the gods
- in the large