mosso
[moh-soh; Italian maws-saw]
- rapid; fast.
Origin of mosso
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Contemporary Examples
In true Italian style, Mosso asked: “Do the bells make you think of a prayer?”
Historical Examples
The blood of eels is said by Mosso to contain a poison like that of vipers.
This has been admirably shown by the observations of Professor Mosso, of Turin.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of SleepHenry M. Lyman
To them psychologists like Mosso have gone for studies of the emotion of fear.
The Literature of EcstasyAlbert Mordell
Of the Lolo he gives no specimens, but reproduces two or three pages of a Mosso book with transliteration and translation.
Man, Past and PresentAgustus Henry Keane
The mountain-tops furnished no food, and the remains of the episcopal army stationed at Mosso maintained a strict blockade.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume IIIHenry Charles Lea
mosso
- music to be performed with rapiditySee also meno mosso
Word Origin
Italian, past participle of muovere to move
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