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opera

noun
/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/UK/ˈɑp.ə.ɹə/CA/ˈɔp.ə.ɹə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.

  1. borrowed from opera

Definitions

  1. A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.

  2. The score for such a work.

  3. The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A building designed for the performance of such works

      A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.

    2. A company dedicated to performing such works.

    3. Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

    4. plural of opus

      plural of opus; a collection of work.

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Derived

antiopera, ballad opera, Beijing opera, Cantonese opera, chamber opera, Chinese opera, comic opera, fairy opera, grand opera, hip hopera, horse opera, hoss opera, light opera, lyric opera, nonopera, oat opera, oil opera, opera bouffe, opera buffa, opera cake, opera cloak, opéra comique, operafication, operafy, opera glass, opera glasses, opera glove, operagoer, opera-goer, operagoing, opera hat, opera house, opera house trap, operalike, operameter, operaphile, operaphobe, opera seria, opera singer, opera slipper · +11 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at opera. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at opera. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at opera

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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