Bravura

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music Brilliant technique or style in performance.
  • n. Music A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity.
  • n. A showy manner or display.
  • adj. Music Of, relating to, or being a brilliant performance technique or style.
  • adj. Showy; ostentatious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect
  • n. a display of daring
  • adj. overly showy; ostentatious
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music, a florid air, requiring great force and spirit in the performer, and serving to display his or her power, flexibility of voice, and distinctness of articulation.
  • In music, spirited; florid; brilliant: as, a bravura air: chiefly applied to vocal compositions, but occasionally to instrumetnal.
  • n. In painting, vigorous, brilliant treatment in both color and technique.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. brilliant and showy technical skill
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    virtuosity   
    Rhyme
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