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▪ I. la, n. Mus.|lɑː|
[Orig. the first syllable of L. labii: see gamut.]
The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the sixth note in his hexachords, and since retained in solmization as the sixth note of the octave; also (now rarely) used as in Fr. and It. as a name of the note A, the sixth note of the ‘natural’ scale of C major.
c1325in Rel. Ant. I. 292 Sol and ut and la. 1597Morley Introd. Mus. (1771) 4 There be in Musicke but vi. Notes, which are called vt, re, mi, fa, sol, la. 1605Shakes. Lear i. ii. 149 O these Eclipses do portend these divisions. Fa, Sol, La, Me. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. lv. 77 The other..will drink often musically a health to every one of these 6 notes, Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La; which, with his reason, are all comprehended in this exameter, Ut Relevet Miserum Fatum Solitosque Labores. 1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3) s.v. Solmization, Of the seven notes in the French scale, only four were for a while used by us, as mi, fa, sol, la.
▪ II. la, int.|lɑː, la|
[Cf. lo (OE. lá and early ME. la).]
An exclamation formerly used to introduce or accompany a conventional phrase or an address, or to call attention to an emphatic statement; † also la you. In recent use, a mere expression of surprise. Now only dial., vulgar, and arch.
1598Shakes. Merry W. i. i. 86, I thank you alwaies with my heart, la: with my heart. Ibid. 324 You doe your selfe wrong indeede—la. 1601― Twel. N. iii. iv. 111 La you, and you speake ill of the diuell, how he takes it at heart. 1694Congreve Double Dealer iv. ii, O la now! I swear and declare, it shan't be so. 1749Fielding Tom Jones iv. xii, La, ma'am, what doth your la'yship think. 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. x, La, Miss La Creevy, how very smirking. 1844Willis Lady Jane ii. 311 He'd a caressing way—but, la! you know it's A sort of manner natural to poets! 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. Fleet III. 239 ‘La, sir,’ she asked, ‘Is it the voice of your sweetheart?’
†b. Repeated (a) as a refrain; (b) as an expression of derision. Obs. (Hence la-la adj., = ‘so-so’, poor.)
1578Gude & Godl. B. (S.T.S.) 138 Christ..Quhilk meiklie for mankynde, Tholit to be pynde, On Croce Cruellie. La. La. Ibid. 83 La Lay La. 1607Shakes. Timon iii. i. 22 [He] hath sent to your Lorship to furnish him: nothing doubting your present assistance therein. Luc. La, la, la, la: Nothing doubting sayes hee?
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obs. form of law, lay v., lo int.1 |