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sordino

 [sawr-dee-noh; It. sawr-dee-naw]  

sor·di·no

   [sawr-dee-noh; It. sawr-dee-naw]
noun, plural sor·di·ni  [-nee] . Music.
mute (def. 10).
Origin:
1795–1805; < Italian: a mute, equivalent to sordo (< Latin surdus deaf) + -ino -ine1
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sordino (sɔːˈdiːnəʊ)
 
—n , pl -ni
1.  a mute for a stringed or brass musical instrument
2.  any of the dampers that arrest the vibrations of piano strings
3.  con sordino, con sordini a musical direction to play with a mute
4.  senza sordino, senza sordini a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down
 
[Italian: from sordo deaf, from Latin surdus]

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