mosso

[ moh-soh; Italian maws-saw ]

/ ˈmoʊ soʊ; Italian ˈmɔs sɔ /

adjective Music.

rapid; fast.

Nearby words

mossadegh, mossback, mossbunker, mossi, mossie, mosso, mossoró, mosstrooper, mossy, mossy horn, most

Origin of mosso

1875–80; < Italian, past participle of muovere to move

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Examples from the Web for mosso

In true Italian style, Mosso asked: “Do the bells make you think of a prayer?”
Illustrating the Brain|Casey Schwartz|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Mosso has demonstrated that the bladder is especially sensitive to emotional states.
Mind and Body|William Walker Atkinson
Certain anthropologists are now trying to perfect the anthropometer (Mosso's school).
Pedagogical Anthropology|Maria Montessori
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 III|Henry Charles Lea

Of the Lolo he gives no specimens, but reproduces two or three pages of a Mosso book with transliteration and translation.
Man, Past and Present|Agustus Henry Keane
This has been admirably shown by the observations of Professor Mosso, of Turin.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep|Henry M. Lyman

British Dictionary definitions for mosso

mosso

/ (ˈmɒsəʊ) /

adverb

music to be performed with rapiditySee also meno mosso

Word Origin for mosso

Italian, past participle of muovere to move

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