Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leitmotif"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leitmotif \Leit"mo*tif"\ (l[imac]t"m[-o]*t[-e]f"), n. [G.]
(Mus.)
See {Leading motive}, under {Leading}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leitmotif
n : a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a
person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) [syn: {leitmotiv}]
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