Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective With emphasis and spirit. Used chiefly as a direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, with energy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force.
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- noun music A
tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played withemphasis ,spirit ,vigour orenergy - noun music A passage having this mark
- adverb music played in this style
- adjective music describing a passage having this mark
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Italian, from Medieval Latin vigōrōsus, from Latin vigor, vigor; see vigor.]
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Italian
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Examples
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An appalling scheme of self-amusement is seen in his "Caprice," in which a theme of eight measures 'length is instrumented with almost every contrapuntal device known, and with psychological variety that runs through five movements, scherzando, vigoroso, con sentimento, religioso, and a marcia fantastico.
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