balladry

[ bal-uh-dree ]

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noun

ballad poetry.
the composing, playing, or singing of ballads.

Origin of balladry

First recorded in 1590–1600; ballad + -ry

Words Nearby balladry

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How to use balladry in a sentence

There is a looseness and lushness, a romanticism and balladry, in the work, that is not quite characteristic.
Musical Portraits | Paul Rosenfeld
The one introduced him to the study of British balladry, the other led him to the classic groves of Horace.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason Thompson
Yet, potentially, Una Golden was as glowing as any princess of balladry.
The Job | Sinclair Lewis
The "Corsair" overture has not the wild, rich balladry of that of the "Flying Dutchman," perhaps.
Musical Portraits | Paul Rosenfeld
The ghastly heads were set up on pikes over the castle gates (yetts), as Scotch balladry well remembers.
From Gretna Green to Land's End | Katharine Lee Bates

British Dictionary definitions for balladry

balladry

/ (ˈbælədrɪ) /

noun

ballad poetry or songs
the art of writing, composing, or performing ballads

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