assoluta
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of assoluta
< Italian, feminine of assoluto < Latin absolūtus absolute
Example Sentences
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The school was founded seven decades ago by famed prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, now age 92, who is probably the most recognized person in Cuba not named "Castro."
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2013
Leading the company was Maya Plisetskaya, a ballerina assoluta of the broad, open Moscow style, which makes the sheer physical act of moving beautifully through space look like a natural way of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dame Margot Fonteyn is indisputably a prima ballerina assoluta.
From Time Magazine Archive
She returns, still ravishingly beautiful, as an actress assoluta.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We have no openings in the corps de ballet, mademoiselle. Or among the principal dancers either, unless you are a prima ballerina assoluta, which, no offense, I think you are not.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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