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Word of the Day for Friday, July 10, 2009bravura \bruh-VYUR-uh; brah-; -VUR-\, noun: 1. A florid, brilliant style of music that emphasizes the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. But it was not just the bravura of his self-expression that gave him such a hold on his contemporaries. The straightforward narrative account is set down with old-fashioned punctilio in prose of classic distinction, singularly free of bravura, and marked by the hard clarity of outline that is one of Waugh's several manners. With his customary display of dramatic bravura, Sir Alan Ayckbourn is giving us twin comedies about a village fete and staging them simultaneously in each of the National's big, adjacent auditoriums. Bravura comes from the Italian, from bravo, "brave, excellent." | |||||||||
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