prestissimo

adj, adv, noun — 3 senses

prestissimo

adj

UK /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/

Etymology Borrowed from Italian prestissimo.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.

prestissimo

adv

Etymology Borrowed from Italian prestissimo.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music 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.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 286:

prestissimo

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Italian prestissimo.

1

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.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 370:

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