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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•lyp•so /kəˈlɪpsoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -sos. - Music and Dancea musical style, or a song, of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz: [uncountable]In calypso the singers often make up the words.[countable]She sang a lively calypso.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: calypso /kəˈlɪpsəʊ/ n ( pl -sos)- a popular type of satirical, usually topical, West Indian ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment
Etymology: 20th Century: probably from Calypso Ca•lyp•so (kə lip′sō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sos, v. n. - MythologyAlso, Kalypso. [Class. Myth.]a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.
- Plant Biology(l.c.) Also called fairy-slipper. a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower.
- Music and Dance(l.c.) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics.
v.i. - Music and Dance(l.c.) to sing or dance to calypso.
- the name of the musical style is of obscure origin, originally and perh. only copies the spelling, spelled of Calypso the sea nymph
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Calypso /kəˈlɪpsəʊ/ n - (in Homer's Odyssey) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years
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