Paganini

[ pag-uh-nee-nee, pah-guh-; Italian pah-gah-nee-nee ]

/ ˌpæg əˈni ni, ˌpɑ gə-; Italian ˌpɑ gɑˈni ni /

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noun

Nic·co·lò

[nik-uh-loh; Italian neek-kaw-law], /ˈnɪk əˌloʊ; Italian ˌnik kɔˈlɔ/, 1784–1840, Italian composer and violinist.

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Words nearby Paganini

Páez, PAF, PAGAD, pagan, pagandom, Paganini, paganism, paganize, page, pageant, pageantry

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How to use Paganini in a sentence

We might not look like Jordan or play like Paganini or paint like Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Among them was the famous favourite violin of Paganini, the renown of which, says M. Vuillaume, "was equal to that of its master."
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Mr. Jackson is a teacher of music, and only requires a more favorable opportunity to vie with Ole Bull or Paganini.
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It is also to be regretted that Chopin says in his letters nothing of Paganini's appearance in Warsaw.
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One day in Genoa she was taken to see Paganini's violin, hanging mute and sealed in its glass case at the town hall.
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The name Paganini has somehow leaked out of Cattley's counting-house, and become common property.
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British Dictionary definitions for Paganini

Paganini

/ (Italian paɡaˈniːni) /

noun

Niccolò (nikkoˈlɔ). 1782–1840, Italian violinist and composer

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