vocalese

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English vocalese From vocal + -ese.

  1. derived from *wekʷ-der

Definitions

  1. Jazz singing genre where the lyrics are written to melodies that were originally parts of…

    Jazz singing genre where the lyrics are written to melodies that were originally parts of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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