Calypso in English

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adj. of or having to do with the style of music to which these songs are sung.

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calypso (1), noun, pl.-sos,adjective.

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calypso (2), noun, pl.-sos.
a small orchid growing in cold bogs or wet woods, and bearing a single flower with crimson petals and sepals (rarely, white) and a whitish sac with purple spots.

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Calypso, noun.
(Greek Legend.) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on her island for seven years on his way home from the Trojan War.

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noun 1. a type of improvised song, usually about some matter of current interest, that originated in the British West Indies. It is characterized by jazz influence and rhythmic flexibility.
Ex. [The] calypso has been a kind of musical journalism, w

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