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diva /ˈdiːvə /noun1A celebrated female opera singer.Baker, not ordinarily thought of as a dramatic singer, shows most opera divas how to act with the voice....- The opera diva could accent a single word, like ‘ma’ in Rosina's aria in The Barber of Seville.
- One of Cuba's most celebrated divas will stop off in Cork and Dublin next weekend.
1.1A famous female singer of popular music: a pop diva...- It's the kind of powerful voice which is more often found on gospel singers than on pop divas, but MacLean makes the transition well.
- She had already become one of the most famous pop divas in the world, because of the Supremes.
- The legendary soul diva of divas makes a welcome return date to Fairfield Concert Hall.
1.2A self-important person who is temperamental and difficult to please (typically used of a woman): she is much more the dedicated maverick than the petulant diva...- She is a self-centered downtown diva with a head full of attitude.
- She never earned the reputation of being 'difficult' or a diva.
- Sorry, Jenny, there's no space for diva behaviour here
OriginLate 19th century: via Italian from Latin, literally 'goddess'. Rhymesachiever, believer, cleaver, deceiver, Eva, fever, Geneva, griever, heaver, leaver, lever, Neva, perceiver, receiver, reiver, reliever, retriever, Shiva, underachiever, viva, weaver, weever |