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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: madrigale, from Late Latin matricalis 'of the womb, simple', from Latin matrix; MATRIX

madrigal

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
mad‧ri‧gal [countable]
APM a song for several singers without musical instruments, popular in the 16th century
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