a 1 r 1 i 1 o 1 s 1 e 1
6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective having a melody (as distinguished from recitative)
originFrom Italian arioso (“airy, breezy”) (from aria (“air; aria, song”) (from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “air; wind”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”)) + -oso) + -ose.
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