Definition of "ariose" []

• Melodic and song-like. (adjective)

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• "You who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us were added to form an ariose hymn of praise that was sung the first time during Christmas mass and then in all feast days."
• "Without being at all ariose, the symphony is full of melody."
• ""Dreaming," which is now sombre, now fierce with outbursts of agony, but always a melody, always ariose."