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po⋅co

[poh-koh; It. paw-kaw]
–adverb Music.
somewhat; rather: poco presto.

Origin:
1715–25; < It: little < L paucus few
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po·co   (pō'kō)   
adv.   Music
To a slight degree or amount; somewhat. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, from Latin paucus; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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poco 
in musical directions, "a little, slightly," 1724, from It., from L. paucus (see paucity).
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