calypso

Definitions


[kəˈlɪpsəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a kind of West Indian (originally Trinidadian) music in syncopated African rhythm, typically with words improvised on a topical theme
(e.g: the men sing calypso as they work)


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Origin:
early 20th century: apparently an alteration of caliso, variant of kaiso


[kəˈlɪpsəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a nymph who kept Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years


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Origin:
Greek, literally ‘she who conceals’




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