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 [fawr-tis-uh-moh; It. fawr-tees-see-maw]   Origin

for·tis·si·mo

   [fawr-tis-uh-moh; It. fawr-tees-see-maw] Music.
adjective
1.
(a direction) very loud.
adverb
2.
(a direction) very loudly.

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Origin:
1715–25; < Italian; superlative of forte forte2
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fortissimo (fɔːˈtɪsɪˌməʊ)
 
—adj, —adv
1.  ff very loud
 
—n
2.  a very loud passage in music
 
[C18: from Italian, from Latin fortissimus, from fortis strong]

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fortissimo
1724, from It. fortissimo, superl. of forte, from L. fortis "strong."
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fortissimo [(fawr-tis-uh-moh)]

A musical direction meaning “to be performed very loudly”; the opposite of pianissimo.

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