Word Study
fortissimo
CIDE DICTIONARY
Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fortissimo, adj., adv., & n. Mus.
--adj. performed very loudly.
--adv. very loudly.
--n. (pl. -os or fortissimi) a passage to be performed very loudly.
--adj. performed very loudly.
--adv. very loudly.
--n. (pl. -os or fortissimi) a passage to be performed very loudly.
Etymology
It., superl. of FORTE(2)
THESAURUS
fortissimo
a cappella, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, aloud, amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, booming, brillante, capriccioso, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo, deafening, decrescendo, diminuendo, dolce, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, forte, fortemente, full, in full cry, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly, lustily, marcando, morendo, noisily, parlando, pealing, pianissimo, piano, piercing, pizzicato, plangent, prestissimo, presto, rallentando, resounding, resoundingly, ringing, ringingly, ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, sonorous, sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, stretto, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, uproariously, window-rattlingFor further exploring for "fortissimo" in Webster Dictionary Online