ariose

American  

[ar-ee-ohs, ar-ee-ohs] / ˈær iˌoʊs, ˌær iˈoʊs /

adjective

1. characterized by melody; songlike.

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Etymology

Origin of ariose

First recorded in 1735–45; Anglicized variant of arioso

Example Sentences

Unctuously referring to Dirksen as "one of the most ariose, mellifluous, dulcifluent orators" in the upper house.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without being at all ariose, the symphony is full of melody.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

Other valuable works are "Messages," the happy little Scotch song, "Laddie," and "Dream394ing," which is now sombre, now fierce with outbursts of agony, but always a melody, always ariose.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert