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as·sa·i1

[uh-sahy; It. ahs-sah-ee] Pronunciation Key

–adverb Music.

very: allegro assai (very quick).

[Origin: 1715–25; < It: lit., enough ≪ L ad (up) to + satis enough. See asset

]

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as·sa·i2

[uh-sah-ee] Pronunciation Key

–noun

any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, esp. E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.

[Origin: 1895–1900; < Pg < Tupi assaí

]

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as·sai¹ (ä-sī') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. as·sais

Any of several feather-leaved South American palms, especially Euterpe edulis and E. oleracea, that are important sources of heart of palm.
A beverage made from the fleshy purple fruit of one of these palms.

[Portuguese assaí, from Tupi assahi.]

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as·sai² (ä-sī') Pronunciation Key
adv. Music
Very. Used in tempo directions: allegro assai.

[Italian, from Vulgar Latin *ad satis, to sufficiency; see asset.]

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Assai

As*sa"i\ [It., fr. L. ad + satis enough. See Assets.] (Mus.) A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.

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