Chorusless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Chorusless is an adjective meaning Without a chorus.
Meaning
Without a chorus.
Example Sentences
Hecuba has no such musical or aesthetic consolation, since all that remains for her is to “cry out chorusless woes.”
Or you may say "this is all so bad, but I like the idea of the second verse..." and be able to make it into the chorus of a song that has at this point been chorusless.
The production was woefully inadequate, either because it should have been a big Hello, Dolly! type musical, or a chorusless, more intimate one (but that would have done me out of a job).
Hence, the chorusless 1600 Quarto publication may be taken as approximating the public play-house form of the play, while the Folio text relates to the court version of the play, regardless of which of the two versions is regarded as taking precedence in point of time over the other.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include choirless, rhymeless, verseless, orchestraless, psalmless, poemless.
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