ca|lyp|so

Ca|lyp|so «kuh LIHP soh», noun.

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

ca|lyp|so¹ «kuh LIHP soh», noun, plural -sos, adjective.

–n.

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 d rhythmic flexibility. »

[The] calypso has been a kind of musical journalism, with such topical titles as The Destruction of Hurricane Janet (Time).

2. a type of folk music played in West Africa, South America, and the Caribbean region.

–adj.

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

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ca|lyp|so² «kuh LIHP soh», noun, plural -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]