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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a melody (as distinguished from recitative);
[syn: ariose, songlike]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ariose \Ar"i*ose\, a. [It. arioso, fr. aria.]
   Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.
   [1913 Webster]

         Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal
         melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is
         harmonic.                                --Foreign
                                                  Quart. Rev.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ariose
    adj 1: having a melody (as distinguished from recitative) [syn:
           ariose, songlike]