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  • proper noun A male given name.

Etymologies

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From Latin amo love + deus god.

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Examples

  • "Too many notes" -- Emperor commenting on Mozart's first opera, in Amadeus

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  • As for the comment about removing 100 (or 300) pages, it reminds me of the scene in Amadeus when the emperor says "There are too many notes," and Mozart replies, "Which notes would you have me remove?"

    Waiting for Harry Roger Sutton 2007

  • Though just as the Mozart film unpicked the myths perpetrated by "Amadeus" -- Mozart did not die a pauper and was not poisoned by Salieri or anyone else -- we discover that Beethoven was not the unkempt, unhygienic, tormented figure of romantic tradition, struggling, unloved and alone, against his tragic deafness.

    Debunking the Beethoven Myth 2009

  • Amadeus is one of my favorite films but it certainly isn’t accurate.

    Top 10 Most Overrated Movies » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • Amadeans wee founded by pedro Joao Mendez (also called Amadeus), a

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • Better known as Amadeus of Portugal, b. 1420, d. at Milan, 1482, began his religious life in the Hieronnymite monastery of Notre-Dame de Guadalupe (Spain), where he spent about ten years.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • The second Count of Savoy, known as Amadeus with the

    The Liberation of Italy Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 1891

  • But there is no Hollywood studio yet involved, at least in part because Mr. Medavoy - who as producer or executive has been involved with films as complicated as "Black Swan," "Shutter Island" and "Amadeus" - has been around long enough to know that difficult stories, at least in their early stages, are best fostered outside the studio walls.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL CIEPLY 2011

  • And on Cinematreasures. org, one explorer posted a note about sneaking into the Plaza and finding posters for "Sixteen Candles" and "Amadeus" - movies that were in theaters around the time the Plaza went dark.

    unknown title 2009

  • Amadeus, which is also seeking to remove a covenant governing capital expenditure, is offering to increase the interest margin it pays on the loan by 125 basis points.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2009

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