Complete Definition of "cabaletta"

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Etymology
An Italian variant of coboletta, diminutive of cobola �stanza, couplet� from Old Provençal cobla, from Latin copula.

Pronunciation
IPA: /kæb�'l�t�/

Noun
cabaletta

  1. a short, rhythmically repetitive aria

#:*1980: to bring the proceedings to an end and enable him to perform his salvatory mission, he swung into a cabaletta which summed up the argument against Arius � Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

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