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stringendo
[ strin-jen-doh; Italian streen-jen-daw ]
adjective
, Music.
- (of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.
stringendo
/ strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊ /
adjective
- music to be performed with increasing speed
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stringendo1
1850–55; < Italian, gerund of stringere to tighten < Latin ( strict )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stringendo1
Italian, from stringere to compress, from Latin: to draw tight; see stringent
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Example Sentences
Fourthly, Mrs. P. scolds the servants stringendo e fortissimo while I am dressing in the morning.
From Project Gutenberg
The closing bars suggest the stringendo passage and presto bars in the coda of the Scherzo of the "Choral Symphony."
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Accelerando, affrettando (this term implies some degree of excitement also), stringendo, poco a poco animato.
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Festus derives the word strix stringendo, from the received opinion that they strangle children.
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