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smorzando

[ smawrt-sahn-doh; Italian zmawr-tsahn-daw ]

adjective

, Music.
  1. fading away; dying out (a musical direction).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of smorzando1

1790–1800; < Italian, gerund of smorzare to extinguish

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