falsettos

noun pl. falsettos

1. an artificial way of singing or speaking, in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice
2. the voice used in such singing, esp. by tenors, usually having a soft, colorless quality
3. a person singing or speaking in falsetto
   also falsettist

Origin: It, dim. of falso, false < L falsus, false

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