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acciaccature

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ac⋅ciac⋅ca⋅tu⋅ra

  [uh-chah-kuh-toor-uh; It. aht-chahk-kah-too-rah]
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–noun, plural -tu⋅ras, -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; < It: lit., a pounding, crushing, equiv. to acciacc(are) to crush, bruise (based on an echoic root ciacc-) + -atura (see -ate 1 , -ure )
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