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bra⋅vu⋅ra

  [bruh-vyoor-uh, -voor-uh; It. brah-voo-rah] noun, plural -ras, -re  [It. -re] , adjective
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–noun
1. Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
2. a display of daring; brilliant performance.
–adjective
3. Music. spirited; florid; brilliant (applied chiefly to vocal but occasionally to instrumental compositions).
Origin:
1780–90; < It: spirit, dash. See brave, -ure
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bra·vu·ra   (brə-vŏŏr'ə, -vyŏŏr'ə)   
n.  

  1. Music

    1. Brilliant technique or style in performance.

    2. A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity.

  2. A showy manner or display.

adj.  

  1. Music Of, relating to, or being a brilliant performance technique or style.

  2. Showy; ostentatious.


[Italian, from bravo, excellent; see brave.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

bravura 
1788, "piece of music requiring great skill," from It. "bravery, spirit" (see brave). Sense of "display of brilliancy, dash" is from 1813.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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