Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AR-I-O'SO
AR-I-O-LA'TION, or HAR-I-O-LA'TIONA-RISE'
AR-I-O'SO, a. [It. from aria, air.]
Light; airy. – It. Dict. But according to Rousseau, applied to music, it denotes a kind of melody bordering on the majestic style of a capital air. – Cyc.
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