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Definition of bravura noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bravura

noun

/brəˈvjʊərə/

/brəˈvjʊrə/

[uncountable] (formal)

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great skill and enthusiasm in doing something artistic
- a bravura performance
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Italian, from bravo ‘bold’.

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