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mezzo
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mean; not extreme. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mezzo, adv. & n. Mus.
--adv. half, moderately.
--n. (in full mezzo-soprano) (pl. -os)
1 a a female singing-voice between soprano and contralto. b a singer with this voice.
2 a part written for mezzo-soprano.
--adv. half, moderately.
--n. (in full mezzo-soprano) (pl. -os)
1 a a female singing-voice between soprano and contralto. b a singer with this voice.
2 a part written for mezzo-soprano.
Idiom
mezzo forte fairly loud. mezzo piano fairly soft.
Etymology
It., f. L medius middle
THESAURUS
mezzo
amidships, average, central, core, equatorial, equidistant, halfway, interior, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, nuclearFor further exploring for "mezzo" in Webster Dictionary Online
