spinto

[ spin-toh; Italian speen-taw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
a spinto soprano voice.

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Word History and Origins

1940–45; < Italian: literally, excessive, pushed, past participle of spingere to push < Vulgar Latin *expingere, equivalent to Latin ex- ex- ¹ + -pingere, combining form of pangere to set, plant, arrange

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