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passagework

noun

Etymology

From passage + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as passagework — “passage + work”

Definitions

  1. An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale

    An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage

    • More octaves ensue, followed by chromatic passagework with filigree scales.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for passagework. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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