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
- misdeeming
- misdeems
- misdefine
- misdefined
- misdefines
- misdefining
- misdeliver
- misdelivered
- misdeliveres
- misdeliveries
- misdelivering
- misdeliverred
- misdeliverring
- misdelivers
- misdelivery
- misdemean
- misdemeanant
- misdemeanants
- misdemeaned
- misdemeaning
- misdemeanor
- misdemeanors
- misdemeanour
- misdemeanours
- misdemeans