prestissimo
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prestissimo
- /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian prestissimo.
adjective
- Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.
adverb
- Very quickly. 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.
noun
- An extremely section of music. The dance starts with a slow tempo, but the more the excitement rises the quicker becomes the tempo, until finally it becomes a whirling prestissimo.
Talk about this word "prestissimo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prestissimo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prestissimo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prestissimo "prestissimo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prestissimo.Cite this
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