Usually means: Singing multiple notes per syllable.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word melismatic:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. melismatic: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. melismatic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. melismatic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. melismatic: Wordnik
  5. melismatic: Wiktionary
  6. melismatic: Dictionary.com
  7. Melismatic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. melismatic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. melismatic: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See melisma as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (melismatic)

adjective:  (music) Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text.

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