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castrati

plural of castrato.

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castrati

n. (plural of castrato English)

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castrati

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castrato
  1. n. a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

  2. [also: castrati (pl)]

Usage examples of "castrati".

The desire of gaining the prize excited the impure crowd immensely, and the castrati, the girls, and the abbes all did their utmost, each one striving to be the first.

She had heard the famous castrati of the pleasure world of Vainwal, and could almost wish they were legal on other worlds.