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diminuendo

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

di·min·u·en·do / diˌminyoōˈendō/ Mus. • n. (pl. -dos or -di / -dē/ ) a decrease in loudness: the sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective. ∎ a passage to be performed with such a decrease. • adv. & adj. (esp. as a direction) with a decrease in loudness: [as adj.] the diminuendo chorus before the final tumult. • v. (-dos, -doed) [intr.] decrease in loudness or intensity: the singers left and the buzz diminuendoed.

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diminuendo

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

diminuendo (It.). Diminishing, i.e. gradually getting quieter (>).

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "diminuendo." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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diminuendo

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

diminuendo •foreshadow, shadow •Faldo •accelerando, bandeau, Brando, glissando, Orlando •eyeshadow •aficionado, amontillado, avocado, Bardo, Barnardo, bastinado, bravado, Colorado, desperado, Dorado, eldorado, incommunicado, Leonardo, Mikado, muscovado, Prado, renegado, Ricardo, stifado •commando •eddo, Edo, meadow •crescendo, diminuendo, innuendo, kendo •carbonado, dado, Feydeau, gambado, Oviedo, Toledo, tornado •aikido, bushido, credo, Guido, Ido, libido, lido, speedo, teredo, torpedo, tuxedo •widow • dildo • window •Dido, Fido, Hokkaido •condo, rondeau, rondo, secondo, tondo •Waldo •dodo, Komodo, Quasimodo •escudo, judo, ludo, pseudo, testudo, Trudeau •weirdo • sourdough • fricandeau •tournedos • Murdo

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