meloscriptation

(meh' lo skrhp TAY shun)
n. That branch of verbo-musical art consisting of works in which
verbal elements of semantic importance but little or no visual
expressiveness are combined, but not fused, with visual elements
whose aesthetic significance is approximately equal to that of the
verbal elements'.
Origin: [From "melody," "script," and "-ation."][rec'd October 22, 1989]

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