poco
[poh-koh; Italian paw-kaw]
- somewhat; rather: poco presto.
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Origin of poco
1715–25; < Italian: little < Latin paucus few
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Let us touch ever so lightly on her three children, Poco, Confuoco, and Strepitoso.
Terribly Intimate PortraitsNol Coward
You do surely belong to the 'land of poco tiempo,' Blue Bonnet.
Blue Bonnet's Ranch PartyC. E. Jacobs
But we no pay twenty dollars unless you get us to Cruces poco pronto, sabe?
GoldStewart White
If we could only bar publicity to all the poco felice verses!
The poco di piu and poco di meno has, in such contingencies, an unbounded influence.
poco
un poco
- music (in combination) a little; to a small degreepoco rit; un poco meno mosso
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Word Origin
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).
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