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doloroso

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do⋅lo⋅ro⋅so

[doh-luh-roh-soh; It. daw-law-raw-saw]
–adjective
plaintive, as if expressing sorrow (used as a musical direction).

Origin:
1800–10; < It; see dolor, -ose 1
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do·lo·ro·so   (dō'lə-rō'sō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
In a mournful or plaintive manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, from Latin dolōrōsus, dolorous; see dolorous.]
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