rosalia
noun
ro·sa·lia
rōˈzälyə
plural -s
: a melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated each time a step or half step higher
Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Rosalia (feminine name); from the occurrence of Rosalia as the first word in an old song employing such repetition
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
- maloo climber
- Malope
- malopes
- malopteruri
- malopteruruses
- malopterurusses
- Malory
- malosmae
- malosmas
- malosmata
- maloti
- malpais
- Malpighi
- Malpighia
- Malpighiaceae
- malpighiaceaes
- malpighiaceous
- malpighiae
- Malpighian cell
- nuclear capability
- nuclear clause
- nuclear cycle
- nuclear emulsion
- nuclear energy
- nuclear exclusion clause