Associations to the word «Contrapuntal»

Wiktionary

CONTRAPUNTAL, adjective. (music) Of or relating to counterpoint.

Dictionary definition

CONTRAPUNTAL, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint; "contrapuntal base".
CONTRAPUNTAL, adjective. Having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats