affrettando
adjective
af·fret·tan·do
ˌa-frə-ˈtän-(ˌ)dō,
ˌä-
: becoming faster, as if excited —used as a direction in music
Word History
Etymology
Italian, literally, hastening, verbal of affrettare to hasten, from a- (from Latin ad-) + fretta haste, from frettare to rub, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin frictare, from Latin frictus, past participle of fricare to rub
First Known Use
circa 1842, in the meaning defined above
- uncomprehended
- uncomprehending
- uncomprehendingly
- uncomprehensible
- uncomprehensive
- uncompress
- uncompressed
- uncompresses
- uncompressing
- uncompromisable
- uncompromising
- uncompromisingly
- uncompromisingness
- uncompromisingnesses
- uncomputable
- uncomputerized
- unconcealed
- unconceivable
- unconceivablenesses
- unconcern
- unconcerned
- unconcernedly
- unconcernedness
- unconcernednesses
- unconcerning