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balladry|ˈbælədrɪ|
Also 6 balletry, -adrie, 7 -atry.
[f. ballad n. + -ry.]
Ballad poetry; composition in the ballad style. (Formerly often depreciative; cf. ballad n. 3.)
1598E. Guilpin Skial. (1878) 6 Such massacre's made of thy balladry. 1631R. Brathwait Whimzies 138 An obscene veine of ballatry which makes the wenches of the greene laugh. a1695Purcell Anthems Pref. (T.) The levity and balladry of our neighbours. 1849Blackw. Mag. LXV. 455 Torturing himself to unite old balladry with modern sentiment. |
