EMEDD Citations for "acroama"

Ian Lancashire
University of Toronto

for the Shakespeare Association of America
San Francisco 1999

  1. acroama (Latin entry by Thomas Thomas 1587)

    Acroama, atos, n. g. p. g. A subtile sentence of lesson requiring much studie and search. also a musicall harmonie, whereby the gesture of players was commended, and the auditorie delighted: also the person that playeth, and by his gesture delighteth the eie.

© Feb. 1999