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Librettos

Libretto \Li*bret"to\ (l[i^]*br[e^]t"t[-o]; It. l[-e]*br[asl]t"t[-o]), n.; pl. E. Librettos (-t[=o]z), It. Libretti (-t[-e]). [It., dim. of libro book, L. liber. See Libel.] (Mus.)

  1. A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.

  2. The words themselves.

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librettos

n. (plural of libretto English)

Usage examples of "librettos".

Avery—Antonio Marsali, the great culture king, who read more science fiction than opera librettos, and she was the one living it.

Even now there were a few outspoken holdouts like Chad Jaconi, the Master Librarian, who believed that the sounds of the librettos were really words, and said so.