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bravura

noun
/bɹəˈvjʊəɹə/UK

Etymology

From Italian bravura (“skill”), from bravo (“good, skilful”). Compare bravado.

  1. borrowed from bravura

Definitions

  1. A highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect.

  2. A display of daring.

    • Yet just as, in opposition to the majority, I admired Fosse's Nightsongs and The Girl On The Sofa, so I found myself absorbed by this 70-minute play; and, whatever it may mean, there is no denying the production's visual bravura.

  3. Highly showy

    Highly showy; ostentatious.

    • Look closely, and the minute interconnectedness of her novels is a bravura achievement.
    • But that won't stop the breakout star of the A&E reality series Dallas Three Ways from delivering one of his bravura, impromptu mini-lectures on the subject of Murphy's history of homophobic stand-up comedy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA