calypso
/kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
noun 4name 4verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century.
'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day. He said, 'You mean how I get money?' When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way. He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.' 'And that last you the rest of the year?' 'It is enough.'
2
A song in this style of music.
verb
1
To perform calypso.
noun
1
A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
2
A light blue color.
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