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‖ forˈtissimo, adv. and n. Music.
[It. fortissimo, superl. of forte: see forte.]
A. adv. Very loud. (Abbreviated ff., ffor., or fortiss.) Also quasi-adj.
1724Short Explic. For. Words in Music 32 Fortissimo, is Extream loud. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy ix. xi, Amen, cried my father, fortissimo. 1883M. E. Braddon Gold. Calf I. ii. 50 If their pianissimo passages failed in delicacy, there was no mistake about their fortissimo. 1889Athenæum 6 Apr. 448/3 A splendid effect being gained by the sudden entry of the combined chorus fortissimo to the words ‘Hosannah! Lord of Lords!’
B. n. A very loud passage or point; fig. a high pitch of excitement.
1856Geo. Eliot Jrnl. in Lett. (1954) II. 243 It was a crescendo of delight when we found a ‘Strawberry’, and a fortissimo when I..saw..an Anthea Cereus. 1885G. B. Shaw How to become Mus. Critic (1960) 69 He [sc. Massenet] pours forth all his energy in a screeching, grinding, rasping fortissimo of extraordinary exuberance and vigor. 1928Observer 5 Feb. 12/5 The hard and sudden fortissimos. 1928Daily Express 17 Mar. 9/7 As this jazz harmony reached its fortissimo. 1931E. Sackville-West Simpson iii. xiii, Flinging a fortissimo of emotion—whether of anger or of delight—with sudden and deafening violence on to everything which twitched the robe of his soul. a1963C. S. Lewis Poems (1964) 59 Those who have seen no lions must revere A bull for Pan's fortissimo. |