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diminuendo

noun
/dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

  1. borrowed from diminuendo

Definitions

  1. A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly

  2. A passage having this mark

  3. The gradual dying away of something.

    • Harlow gazed, like Henry, out the wide corner window, enjoying the diminuendos of the light.
    • Jillian haad the kind of charm that wore off. Or after enough romantic diminuendos, that's what she theorized.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. played in this style

    2. describing a passage having this mark

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for diminuendo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA