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- Latin · borrowed fromars nova
- English todayars nova
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ars nova (literally “new art”). Compare art nouveau.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ars nova
Today it means: A musical style that flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages, particularly between the preparation of the Roman de Fauvel (1310s) and the death of composer Guillaume de Machaut in 1377. Full definition →
Latin ars nova