Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/November 13

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Word of the day
for November 13
fantasia n
  1. (music, also figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
  2. (chiefly art, by extension) Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
  3. A traditional festival of the Berbers of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.

The Walt Disney animated film Fantasia premiered on this day 80 years ago in 1940.

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