in|ter|lude

in|ter|lude
in|ter|lude «IHN tuhr lood», noun, verb, -lud|ed, -lud|ing.
–n.
1. anything that is thought of as filling time between two things; interval: »

There was an interlude of sunshine between the two showers. He would look on the affair as no more than an interlude in the main business of his life (Hawthorne).

2. a piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song, church service, or drama.
3. an entertainment between the acts of a play.
4. in early English and medieval drama: a) a short, humorous play, commonly introduced between the parts of the long mystery plays or given as part of other entertainment. b) a stage play of a popular nature; comedy; farce.
–v.i.
= intervene. (Cf. ↑intervene)
–v.t.
to interrupt, as with an interlude.
╂[< Medieval Latin interludium < Latin inter- between + lūdus a play]

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