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assoluta

American  
[as-uh-loo-tuh, ahs-saw-loo-tah] / ˌæs əˈlu tə, ˌɑs sɔˈlu tɑ /

adjective

  1. absolute; supreme.

    a prima ballerina assoluta.


Etymology

Origin of assoluta

< Italian, feminine of assoluto < Latin absolūtus absolute

Example Sentences

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The school was founded seven decades ago by famed prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, now age 92, who is probably the most recognized person in Cuba not named "Castro."

From Seattle Times Apr. 13, 2013

A soprano cannot always be prima donna assoluta, but Maria Callas, 49, does not stop behaving like one.

From Time Magazine Archive

She returns, still ravishingly beautiful, as an actress assoluta.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rudolf Nureyev has called her America's prima ballerina assoluta.

From Time Magazine Archive

“We have no openings in the corps de ballet, mademoiselle. Or among the principal dancers either, unless you are a prima ballerina assoluta, which, no offense, I think you are not.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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