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Mozart

mo·zart

UK/ˈməʊtsɑːt/ US/ˈmoʊtsɑɹt/ fairly common

noun

1.

prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)

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2.

the music of Mozart

  • “the concert was mostly Mozart”

Origin

Borrowed from German Mozart. First recorded in the 14th century as Middle High German Mozahrt, from motzen (“to roll in filth”); originally used as a given name with the -hart suffix, as a name for dirty or sloppy people.

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