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nocturne
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1862, "composition of a dreamy character," from French nocturne, literally "composition appropriate to the night," noun use of Old French nocturne "nocturnal," from Latin nocturnus (see nocturnal ). Said to have been coined c.1814 by John Field, who wrote ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nocturne is the debut album by American metal band The Human Abstract . It was recorded at The Basement in Rural Hall , North Carolina and Trax East in South River , New Jersey . On the band's MySpace page, as well as in the Metal=Life compilation CD, the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A work of art relating or dedicated to the night. 2 A dreamlike or pensive composition (usually for the piano).
Usage examples of nocturne.
Nocturne of the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, the Gavotte of the Yellow Ladies, the Gigue of the Mill, the Prelude of the Drops of Water, and so on.
One was a scene of the Embankment at night, the other a nocturne, Tower Bridge by moonlight, a barquentine drifting downriver.
And he told me of a conversation he overheard between the leaders of the Strychnos and Nocturne guilds.
He was not allowed to leave the halls, but dwelt in a monastic nocturne, not knowing whether Freyr and Batalix swam separately or together in the sky.
Translated into sheet music, a portion of mouse ribonucleic acid sounds like a lively waltz, very similar to Chopin's Nocturne, Opus 55, No.
The irate man with the briefcase followed unobtrusively, although he seemed more interested in what was going to become of Sally Ryan than he was in what might have happened to Nicholas Nocturne.