calypso

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'calypso', 'Calypso': /kəˈlɪpsəʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə lip′sō)

ca•lyp•so /kəˈlɪpsoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -sos.

Music and Dancea musical style, or a song, of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz: [uncountable]In calypso the singers often make up the words.[countable]She sang a lively calypso.

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calypso /kəˈlɪpsəʊ/ n ( pl -sos)

a popular type of satirical, usually topical ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment

Etymology: 20th Century: probably from Calypso

Ca•lyp•so (kə lip′sō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sos, v.
n.

MythologyAlso, Kalypso. [Class. Myth.]a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years.
Plant Biology(l.c.) Also called fairy-slipper. a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower.
Music and Dance(l.c.) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics.

v.i.

the name of the musical style is of obscure origin, originally and perh. only copies the spelling, spelled of Calypso the sea nymph

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Calypso /kəˈlɪpsəʊ/ n

(in Homer's Odyssey) a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years

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