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fortissimo
[ fawr-tis-uh-moh; Italian fawr-tees-see-maw ]
adjective
- (a direction) very loud.
adverb
- (a direction) very loudly.
fortissimo
/ fɔːˈtɪsɪˌməʊ /
adjective
- very loud ff
noun
- a very loud passage in music
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fortissimo1
1715–25; < Italian; superlative of forte forte 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fortissimo1
C18: from Italian, from Latin fortissimus , from fortis strong
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Example Sentences
Gutmann said that Chopin played generally very quietly, and rarely, indeed hardly ever, fortissimo.
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I declare to you, solemnly, Katherine, that the effect of your violets against that hair was absolutely fortissimo.
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Fourthly, Mrs. P. scolds the servants stringendo e fortissimo while I am dressing in the morning.
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On which theme he played for about twenty minutes in a most extraordinary manner, sometimes very fortissimo, but full of genius.
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Then comes the excited, imperative, anxious yet joyous fortissimo scale running when the quarry trees.
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