appassionato

[uh-pah-see-uh-nah-toh, uh-pash-uh-; Italian ahp-pahs-syaw-nah-taw]

adjective Music.

impassioned; with passion or strong feeling.

Origin of appassionato

From Italian; see origin at ap-¹, passion, -ate¹

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Examples from the Web for appassionato

Historical Examples of appassionato

The first movement begins solemnly, but breaks into an appassionato.
Contemporary American Composers
Rupert Hughes
If George shies at this, it can be tried again later—say during an "appassionato" passage for the violins and cellos.
Perfect Behavior
Donald Ogden Stewart
Appassionato ammiratore ed invitto apologista dell' Omero Ferrarese.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2
George Gordon Byron

British Dictionary definitions for appassionato

appassionato

adjective, adverb

music (to be performed) in an impassioned manner

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