Metastasian
/ˌmɛtəˈsteɪzɪən/ /ˌmɛtəˈsteɪʒn/ /ˌmɛtəˈsteɪʃn/Music
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the libretti of Pietro Metastasio, especially those written for heroic operas.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Alfred Einstein (1880–1952), musicologist. From the name of Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist + -an.
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- residential school
- residentiary
- residentiaryship
- resident magistrate
- residents' association
- residentship
- residentura
- resident withholding tax
- Residenz
- Residenzstadt
- resider
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- residual body
- residual current
- residual current device
- residual herbicide
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- residually