Word Study
smorzando
CIDE DICTIONARY
smorzando, a. [It.].
Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smorzando, adj., adv., & n. Mus.
--adj. & adv. dying away.
--n. (pl. -os or smorzandi) a smorzando passage.
--adj. & adv. dying away.
--n. (pl. -os or smorzandi) a smorzando passage.
Etymology
It., gerund of smorzare extinguish
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