prestissimo
English
Etymology
From Italian prestissimo.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/
Adjective
prestissimo (not comparable)
- (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. [from 18th c.]
Adverb
prestissimo (not comparable)
- (chiefly music) Very quickly. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 286:
- A delegation of Norman gentry boldly requesting in 1771 the calling of the Normandy estates (which had been abolished in 1666) was despatched prestissimo to the Bastille.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 286:
Italian
Adjective
prestissimo m (feminine singular prestissima, masculine plural prestissimi, feminine plural prestissime)
- superlative degree of presto
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