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Bravura: \bruh-VYUR-uh; brah-; -VUR-\ , noun:

1. A florid, brilliant style of music that emphasizes the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. 2. A showy or brilliant display.

But it was not just the bravura of his self-expression that gave him such a hold on his contemporaries.

-- Peter Ackroyd, "Oscar Wilde: Comedy as Tragedy,", New York Times, November 1, 198

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