minimusical

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noun

A brief musical

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounminimusical (plural minimusicals)

plural minimusicals

  1. broadcastingA brief musical

    The video consists of a minimusical whose soundtrack sounds as if it were generated by an inexpensive electronic keyboard.

    2009 January 25, Randall Stross, “Microsoft Songsmith Is Easy (if Painful to Hear)”, in New York Times
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    Both shows lean heavily on their Jewish orientation, but where Fiddler is a folk musical of size and substance, Kaplan is a minimusical of sweetness.

    1968 April 12, “New Plays: The Education of Hyman Kaplan”, in Time, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2010

Origin

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Englishmusical
  5. Englishminimusical

From mini- + musical.

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APA

minimusical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimusical

MLA

“minimusical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimusical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minimusical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minimusical.

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