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   fortissimo

   /fɔːˈtɪsɪməʊ/

   adverb

   • 1. (especially as a direction) very loudly: "he plays fortissimo at one point in the finale of the Rachmaninoff"

   adjective

   • 1. played very loudly: "the movement ends with a fortissimo coda"

   noun

   • 1. a passage marked to be performed very loudly: "Tchaikovsky's fortissimos are given plenty of weight in the bass"

   Word Origin Italian, from Latin fortissimus ‘very strong’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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