feminine cadence
Music
noun
A cadence in which the second chord is less strongly accented than the first; a feminine ending.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- fireman's helmet
- firemanship
- fireman's lift
- fireman's pole
- fire marble
- fire mark
- firemarked
- firemaster
- firemen's pole
- fire mixture
- fire-new
- fire night
- Firenze
- fire offering
- fire office
- fire officer
- Fire of London
- fire on all cylinders
- fire opal
- fire ordeal
- fire-painted
- fire painting
- fire pan
- fire peeke
- fire-penny