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Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Early Italian, 'coloring'

coloratura

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
col‧o‧ra‧tu‧ra
1 [uncountable]APM a difficult piece of music that is meant to be sung fast
2 [countable]APM a woman, especially a soprano, who sings this type of music
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