notturno

not·tur·no

[nuh-toor-noh, noh-; Italian nawt-toor-naw]
noun, plural not·tur·ni [-nee] . Music.
1.
an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.

Origin:
< Italian: of the night < Latin nocturnus. See nocturn

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notturno

noun
a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) [syn: nocturne
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Notturno is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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