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Morbidezza

Morbidezza \Mor`bi*dez"za\, n. [It., softness, delicacy. See Morbid.]

  1. (Fine Arts) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

  2. (Mus.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy.
    --Ludden.

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morbidezza

n. 1 softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy. 2 (context arts English) A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones.

Usage examples of "morbidezza".

The twenty-four preludes Opus 11, for instance, are full of Chopinesque turns, of Chopinesque morbidezza, of Chopinesque melodies.