Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.
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- noun A short
musical dramatic piece , of a light, pleasing, and sometimesburlesque character. - noun An
interlude between theacts of aplay oropera .
Etymologies
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French intermède, from Latin inter between + medius middle; compare Italian intermedio. See intermezzo.
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Examples
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The Beppe violin intermede played on the gramophone has to be the dullest scene ever.
L'Amico Fritz sfmike 2009
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Friday, the 25th, on behalf of the victims of the war, the fifth act of "Hernani" by the actors of the Théâtre Français and the last act of "Lucrece Borgia" by the actors of the Porte Saint Martin, and in addition the recitation as an intermede of extracts from _Les
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Victor Hugo 1843
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Then we use an intermede to make the necessary contacts for us and we sky our wares out piece by piece.”
Trouble Magnet Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2006
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