ARIO'SO, adjective Light; airy. But according to Rousseau, applied to music, it denotes a kind of melody bordering on the majestic style of a capital air.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
arioso
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign