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Etymology
G. μελι�μα "song".

Pronunciation
IPA|/m�'lɪzm�/

Noun
melisma

1. music A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in Gregorian chant.

#*1985: A choir sang one of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. The mournful melisma accompanied the slow procession to the palace built by Herod the Great, at present untenanted. � Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

Quotations
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References
R:Webster 1913

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