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| adopt |
to take on as one's own (a manner, style, or point of view). [1/3 definitions] |
| Afro |
(often l.c.) a hair style, originating among African Americans in the 1960s, in which the hair is worn in a high, rounded style. [1/2 definitions] |
| agitato |
quick and restless or excited in movement or style; agitated (used as a musical direction). |
| airy |
light in style or manner. [1/5 definitions] |
| à la |
in the manner or style of. |
| ancestry |
the origin or evolution of an object, idea, or style. [1/3 definitions] |
| Anglicize |
(often l.c.) to change or conform to that which is English in style, manner, pronunciation, or the like. |
| animato |
in a lively and animated style or manner (used as a musical direction). |
| antique |
to cause to appear old or antique in style. [1/5 definitions] |
| architecture |
the style, character, or method of building design. [1/3 definitions] |
| arioso |
a vocal style that resembles aria. [1/3 definitions] |
| arr.2 |
abbreviation of "arrangement," the act of putting things in order, esp. the adaptation of a piece of music for a particular style of performance. |
| arrange |
to adapt (a piece of music) for a particular style of performance or for particular players. [1/4 definitions] |
| arrangement |
the adaptation of a piece of music for a particular style of performance. [1/6 definitions] |
| art deco |
(sometimes cap.) a decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s that featured geometric shapes and bold colors and that was applied to furniture, glass and plastic ware, graphic productions, architecture, and the like. |
| art nouveau |
(sometimes cap.) a style of art in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, notable for motifs taken from nature and expressed with curved lines. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. [1/2 definitions] |
| Attic |
(often l.c.) simple and restrained but elegant in style. [1/4 definitions] |
| Atticism |
a style, idiom, mannerism, custom, or the like, that is characteristic of Attic Greek. [1/2 definitions] |
| aureate |
splendid, brilliant, or ornate, sometimes affectedly, as an overly artificial literary style. [1/2 definitions] |
| auteur |
a director whose films display a distinctive personal style. [1/2 definitions] |
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