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opera | bergamot |

As a noun bergamot is

a tree of the orange family (), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume also, the fruit or bergamot can be a coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.

opera

English

(wikipedia opera)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (lb) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
  • (lb) The score for such a work.
  • A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
  • *
  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera , the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
  • A company dedicated to performing such works.
  • (lb) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
  • A collection of work (plural of opus).

    • Derived terms

    * comic opera * grand opera * horse opera * oat opera * opera bouffe * opera comique * opera buffa * opera hat * opera house * opera seria * opera singer * opera slipper * soap opera * space opera

    Related terms

    * operatic * operetta * * operable * operand * operant * operate * operation * operational * operative * operator * opus

    See also

    * aria * ballet * masque * melodrama * musical comedy * recitative * singspiel *

    Anagrams

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    bergamot

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) bergamote, from (etyl) bergamotta; probably a corruption of (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A tree of the orange family (), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
  • The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
    • (Johnson)
  • A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (William Cowper)
    • The better hand gives the nose its bergamot .
  • Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
  • #
  • # or bee balm.
  • A variety of pear.
    • (Johnson)
  • A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; said to have been invented in Bergamo, Italy.
    • Derived terms
    * wild bergamot

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    Etymology 2

    From Bergamo

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.