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Furioso

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fu⋅ri⋅o⋅so

  [fyoor-ee-oh-soh; It. foo-ryaw-zaw] Music.
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–adjective
1. forceful; turbulent.
–adverb
2. forcefully; turbulently.
Origin:
1660–70, for an earlier sense; < It: lit., furious, equiv. to furi(a) fury + -oso -ous
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fu·ri·o·so   (fyŏŏr'ē-ō'sō, -zō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
In a tempestuous and vigorous manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, from Latin furiōsus, furious; see furious.]
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