interlude
interlude Lexical Profile
interlude Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An intervening period of time or an episode that contrasts with what goes before and after.
"Their weekend trip to the mountains provided a peaceful interlude during a stressful semester."
A short musical composition, dramatic piece, or entertainment performed between the acts of a play, verses of a hymn, or sections of an opera.
"The orchestra played a brief instrumental interlude while the stage crew changed the scenery."
• verb
To insert or interpose an intervening period, event, or musical passage between other parts.
"The composer interluded several folk melodies between the main symphonic movements."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle English period from Medieval Latin interludium, formed from Latin inter ('between') and ludus ('play, game'), originally denoting a short comedic farce performed between the courses of a banquet or acts of a morality play.