Most Recent Neologism:genric adj. Adjectival form of the noun 'genre', mostly used in the field of musicology. This word exists and is in legitimate usage in Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish(zanrowy). usage: The emotional and generic range of his art songs is unusually wide, pensive elegies, profound philosophies and colorful folk scenes, lyrical serenades and ecstatic love songs, melancholy waltzes and heroic meditations. Ksenia Lena Maryniak 9/22/2009 |
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¶This is a chance for artists to alter the future history of culture by
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