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trobar clus

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[troh-bahr kloos] / troʊˈbɑr ˈklus /

noun

  1. a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.


Etymology

Origin of trobar clus

< Provençal: literally, closed composition

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Many of his poems are extremely obscure; he was one of the first to affect the trobar clus.

From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor

To his share in the controversy concerning the trobar clus, the obscure and difficult style of composition, we have already alluded.

From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor

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