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   madrigal

   /ˈmadrɪɡl/

   noun

   • 1. a part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically unaccompanied and arranged in elaborate counterpoint.

   Word Origin from Italian madrigale (from medieval Latin carmen matricale ‘simple song’), from matricalis ‘maternal or primitive’, from matrix ‘womb’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. madrigalian adjective
   • 2. madrigalist noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • L

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