duendeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende.

名詞

duende (countable and uncountable, plural duendes)

1. A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:duende.
2. (art) Heightened inspiration or passion, especially in flamenco.
   • 1998, Federico García Lorca, Norman Thomas Di Giovanni, In Search of Duende‎, New Directions, →ISBN, page VIII, →ISBN:

     The duende is a momentary burst of inspiration, the blush of all that is truly alive, all that the performer is creating at a certain moment.

3. Personal charm. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

アナグラム

• Dundee, denude, dudeen, endued