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Webster 1913 Edition


Intermezzo


Inˊter-mez′zo

,
Noun.
[It. See
Intermede
.]
(Mus.)
An interlude; an intermede. See
Intermede
.

Definition 2024


intermezzo

intermezzo

See also: intermezzò

English

Noun

intermezzo (plural intermezzos)

  1. A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 8:
      She had ample time, too, to change for the next scene, which started with a longish intermezzo staged by a ballet company whose services Scotty had engaged [...].

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Italian

Noun

intermezzo m (plural intermezzi)

  1. intermezzo
  2. interval, break

Synonyms

Verb

intermezzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intermezzare