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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ariose \Ar"i*ose\, a. [It. arioso, fr aria.] Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony. Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is harmonic. --Foreign Quart. Rev. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ariose adj : having a melody (as distinguished from recitative) [syn: {songlike}]
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