poco

[poh-koh; Italian paw-kaw]

adverb Music.

somewhat; rather: poco presto.

Origin of poco

1715–25; < Italian: little < Latin paucus few

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Examples from the Web for poco

Historical Examples of poco

Let us touch ever so lightly on her three children, Poco, Confuoco, and Strepitoso.
Terribly Intimate Portraits
Nol Coward
You do surely belong to the 'land of poco tiempo,' Blue Bonnet.
Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party
C. E. Jacobs
But we no pay twenty dollars unless you get us to Cruces poco pronto, sabe?
Gold
Stewart White
If we could only bar publicity to all the poco felice verses!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863
Various
The poco di piu and poco di meno has, in such contingencies, an unbounded influence.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.
Various

British Dictionary definitions for poco

poco

un poco

adjective, adverb

music (in combination) a little; to a small degreepoco rit; un poco meno mosso

Word Origin for poco

from Italian: little, from Latin paucus few, scanty

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Word Origin and History for poco

in musical directions, "a little, slightly," 1724, from Italian poco, from Latin paucus "few, little" (see paucity).