acciaccatura

[uh-chah-kuh-toor-uh; It. aht-chahk-kah-too-rah]

ac·ciac·ca·tu·ra

[uh-chah-kuh-toor-uh; It. aht-chahk-kah-too-rah]
noun, plural ac·ciac·ca·tu·ras, ac·ciac·ca·tu·re [-toor-ey, -toor-ee; It. -too-re] . Music.
a short grace note one half step below, and struck at the same time as, a principal note.

Origin:
1875–80; < Italian: literally, a pounding, crushing, equivalent to acciacc(are) to crush, bruise (based on an echoic root ciacc-) + -atura (see -ate1, -ure)
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Acciaccatura has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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acciaccatura (ɑːˌtʃɑːkɑːˈtʊərə)
 
n , pl -ras, -re
1.  a small grace note melodically adjacent to a principal note and played simultaneously with or immediately before it
2.  (in modern music) a very short appoggiatura
 
[C18: Italian: literally, a crushing sound]

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