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falsetum

falsetum [cf. OF fausset, It. falsetto] , (mus.) falsetto. fausetum Inst. Sempr. *xlii (v. discantus); quod novarum harmoniarum curiositas et prosarum lubrica adinventio, multipliciumque cantilenarum inepta voluptas manifestat. et super omnia voces in ~o [v. l. falsetto] harmoniam virilem ‥ falsificantes, pueriliter effuse, muliebriter dissolute ‥ per totam ecclesiam comprobant illud idem Bacon Tert. 297.

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