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Word of the Day for Friday, July 10, 2009 bravura \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. 2. A showy or brilliant display. But it was not just the bravura of his self-expression that gave him such a hold on his contemporaries. -- Peter Ackroyd, "Oscar Wilde: Comedy as Tragedy,", New York Times, November 1, 1987 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. -- Charles A. Brady, "Figure of Grace", New York Times, January 24, 1960 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. -- Benedict Nightingale, "Witches of Updike Flying to London", New York Times, March 12, 2000 Bravura comes from the Italian, from bravo, "brave, excellent." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for bravura Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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