calypso definition by Wordo

Noun

A

style

of

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

.

Its

rhythms

can

be

traced

back

to

West African

Kaiso

and

the

arrival

of

French

planters

and

their

slaves

from

the

French

Antilles

in

the

18th

century

.

Verb

To

perform

calypso

.