Usually means: Light, whimsical piece of music.
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  1. humoresque: Merriam-Webster
  2. humoresque: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. humoresque: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. humoresque: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Humoresque, humoresque: Wordnik
  6. humoresque: Wiktionary
  7. humoresque: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. humoresque: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. humoresque: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. humoresque: Dictionary.com
  11. Humoresque (film), Humoresque: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. humoresque: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (music) A composition that is playful in attitude and tone.

Similar:
animato, capriccio, good humour, humorism, gaieté de cœur, allegro, intermede, lightheartedness, spring, temperament, more...

Opposite:
tragic, serious, somber, melancholy

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Similar:
animato, capriccio, good humour, humorism, gaieté de cœur, allegro, intermede, lightheartedness, spring, temperament, more...

Opposite:
tragic, serious, somber, melancholy



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