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rinforzando

[Italian reen-fawr-tsahn-daw]
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adjective, adverb

sforzando.

Nearby words

  1. rinceau,
  2. rind,
  3. rinderpest,
  4. rinehart,
  5. rinehart, mary roberts,
  6. ring,
  7. ring a bell,
  8. ring abscess,
  9. ring back,
  10. ring binder

Origin of rinforzando

1795–1805; < Italian: reinforcing (gerund of rinforzare, equivalent to ri- re- + inforzare to enforce)
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Examples from the Web for rinforzando

  • This was the piano of the scandal; the rinforzando would break forth as soon as the first course had been removed.

    An Old Maid|Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for rinforzando

rinforzando

adjective, adverb

a less common term for sforzando

Word Origin for rinforzando

Italian, literally: reinforcing
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