Definitions for fioritura

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fioritura fio·ri·tu·ra

Spelling: [fee-awr-i-too r-uh, -ohr-; Italian fyaw- Fioritura is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in fioritura (afiiorrtu).

Definitions for fioritura

noun

1. the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.

Origin of fioritura

1835-45; Italian, equivalent to fiorit(o) flowery, orig. past participle of fiorire to flower + -ura -ure

Examples for fioritura

Their songs were low and musical, not unlike the song of the canary, though there were no cadenzas or fioritura passages.

fioritura means embroidery, while cantabile means "song-like."

Valentine's prayer, if given, was so overlaid with fioritura that I did not feel sure of it.