calypso in English
- calypso⇄adj. of or having to do with the style of music to which these songs are sung.
- calypso⇄calypso (1), noun, pl.-sos,adjective.
- calypso⇄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. - Calypso⇄Calypso, noun.
(Greek Legend.) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on her island for seven years on his way home from the Trojan War. - calypso⇄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