bravura

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bra·vu·ra / brəˈv(y)oōrə/ • n. great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity: the recital ended with a blazing display of bravura [as adj.] a bravura performance. ∎  the display of great daring: the show of bravura hid a guilty timidity.

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bravura

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bravura XVIII. — It., f. bravo BRAVE; see -URE.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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bravura (It.). Courage, or swagger. A bravura passage calls for a brilliant and extrovert display of vocal or instr. technique.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

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