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li⋅bret⋅to

  [li-bret-oh]
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–noun, plural -bret⋅tos, -bret⋅ti  [-bret-ee] .
1. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
2. a book or booklet containing such a text.
Origin:
1735–45; < It, dim of libro book < L liber; see -et
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li·bret·to   (lĭ-brět'ō)   
n.   pl. li·bret·tos or li·bret·ti (-brět'ē)

  1. The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera.

  2. A book containing such a text.


[Italian, diminutive of libro, book, from Latin liber, libr-.]
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libretto 
(pl. libretti), 1742, from It. libretto, dim. of libro "book," from L. liber (gen. libri), see library.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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