† minuendoadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Italian. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Italian minuendo , minuire ; diminuendo n.

Etymology: Either < Italian minuendo diminishing, gerund of minuire to diminish (a1342) < classical Latin minuere (see minuend n.), or shortened < diminuendo n.Apparently not attested in Italian as a musical direction, although Florio (1598) gives as an additional sense for Italian minuire ‘to favour the voice in singing, as it were to fall from the highest to the lowest’.

Music. Obsolete. rare.

= diminuendo n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [adverb] > decreasing

morendo1806

minuendo1834

1834 Georgian Era IV. 452/1 A certain singer's minuendo notes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	minuendo
释义	† minuendoadj. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Italian. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Italian minuendo , minuire ; diminuendo n. Etymology: Either < Italian minuendo diminishing, gerund of minuire to diminish (a1342) < classical Latin minuere (see minuend n.), or shortened < diminuendo n.Apparently not attested in Italian as a musical direction, although Florio (1598) gives as an additional sense for Italian minuire ‘to favour the voice in singing, as it were to fall from the highest to the lowest’. Music. Obsolete. rare. = diminuendo n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [adverb] > decreasing morendo1806 minuendo1834 1834 Georgian Era IV. 452/1 A certain singer's minuendo notes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1834
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