CALLIOPE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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calliope

[ kuh-lahy-uh-pee; kal-ee-ohp ]

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noun

Also called steam organ. a musical instrument consisting of a set of harsh-sounding steam whistles that are activated by a keyboard.
(initial capital letter) Also Kalliope. Classical Mythology. the Muse of heroic poetry.

Calliope

/ 办蓹藞濒补瑟蓹辫瑟 /

noun

Greek myth the Muse of epic poetry

calliope

/ 办蓹藞濒补瑟蓹辫瑟 /

noun

a steam organ

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of calliope¹

1855鈥�60, Americanism; < Latin < Greek 碍补濒濒颈贸辫脓, equivalent to kalli- calli- + op- (stem of 贸辫蝉 ) voice + -脓 feminine ending

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of calliope¹

C19: after Calliope (literally: beautiful-voiced)

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Of course, Trump cranked up his calliope proclaiming to the audience he had drawn 鈥渁 much bigger crowd than Bruce Springsteen. Right?鈥�

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Then we went through our industrial phase: The calliope appeared atop a plume of pressurized steam in the early 1850s.

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Beltway Democrats will blame their likely 2022 drubbing on the rise of right-wing racist reactionaries and the Fox News/One America News propaganda calliope.

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Try a few, crank up the calliope and make your own show.

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Linthicum also contributes saloon piano and calliope organ, as well as weepy steel guitar on 鈥淥ld Fashioned Man,鈥� a country waltz about not dancing.

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call in sick calliopean

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