Grand-opera
noun
1.
a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
noun
1.
an opera that has a serious plot and is entirely in musical form, with no spoken dialogue
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- Grandpa
[gran-pah, -paw, grand-, gram-, gram-puh] /ˈgrænˌpɑ, -ˌpɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm pə/ noun, Informal. 1. . /ˈɡrænˌpɑː; ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡræm-/ noun 1. informal words for grandfather n. 1814, childish or familiar form of grandfather (see pa). Grandpappa is recorded from 1753, grandpop from 1860, grandpappy from 1853.
- Grandpapa
[grand-puh-pah; gran-pah-puh, grand-, gram-] /ˈgrænd pəˌpɑ; ˈgrænˌpɑ pə, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-/ noun, Informal. 1. .
- Grandpappy
[gran-pap-ee, grand-, gram-] /ˈgrænˌpæp i, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-/ noun, plural grandpappies. Dialect. 1. .
- Grandparent
[gran-pair-uh nt, -par-, grand-] /ˈgrænˌpɛər ənt, -ˌpær-, ˈgrænd-/ noun 1. a of a . /ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt; ˈɡrænd-/ noun 1. the father or mother of either of one’s parents n. 1802, from grand (adj.) + parent (n.). Related: Grandparents.
- Grandparents
[gran-pair-uh nt, -par-, grand-] /ˈgrænˌpɛər ənt, -ˌpær-, ˈgrænd-/ noun 1. a of a . /ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt; ˈɡrænd-/ noun 1. the father or mother of either of one’s parents n. 1802, from grand (adj.) + parent (n.). Related: Grandparents.