Fermata (noun)
ver-ma-ta
(music) A pause of unspecified length on a note or rest.
Italian, from fermare ‘to stop’.
Example sentences
“He often said the music lay in the fermatas, not the notes.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
