leitmotiv
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World English Dictionary
leitmotif or leitmotiv (ˈlaɪtməʊˌtiːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | music a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character, thing, etc |
| 2. | an often repeated word, phrase, image, or theme in a literary work |
| [C19: from German leitmotiv leading motif] | |
| leitmotiv or leitmotiv | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from German leitmotiv leading motif] | |
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WordNet
| leitmotiv | |
noun | |
| a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) |
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Leitmotiv
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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