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altissimo

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al⋅tis⋅si⋅mo

  [al-tis-uh-moh; It. ahl-tees-see-maw] Music.
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–adjective
1. very high.
–noun
2. in altissimo, in the second octave above the treble staff.
Origin:
1810–20; < It: lit., highest, equiv. to alt(o) high + -issimo superl. suffix
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altissimo

adjective
very high 
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