Meanings
adverbpentasyllabically (not comparable)
- not comparablerareIn five syllables.
Explain pentasyllabically why the pre-Praxitelean polychromatic plastic was opposed to polyphony.
1928 April, Cecil Forsyth, “A Musical Examination-Paper on Spengler’s ‘The Decline of the West’” (pages 155–157), in Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, editor, The Musical Quarterly, volume XIV, № 2, New York (3 East 43d Street): G. Schirmer, Inc., →JSTOR, page 155
Origin
Translations
Medieval Greek πεντᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως
- πεντᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως (pentăsŭllắbōs)in five syllables
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