prestissimo

From Italian prestissimo.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/

prestissimo (not comparable)

1. (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. [from 18th c.]

prestissimo (not comparable)

1. (chiefly music) Very quickly. [from 19th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 286:

     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.

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prestissimo

1. prestissimo

• “prestissimo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From presto +‎ -issimo.

• IPA^(key): /preˈstis.si.mo/
• Rhymes: -issimo
• Hyphenation: pre‧stìs‧si‧mo

prestissimo (feminine prestissima, masculine plural prestissimi, feminine plural prestissime)

1. superlative degree of presto

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.

prestissimo

1. (music) prestissimo

prestissimo n (definite singular prestissimoet, indefinite plural prestissimo or prestissimoer, definite plural prestissimoa or prestissimoene)

1. music being played prestissimo

• “prestissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.

prestissimo

1. (music) prestissimo

prestissimo n (definite singular prestissimoet, indefinite plural prestissimo, definite plural prestissimoa)

1. music being played prestissimo

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered grammatically masculine.[1] The forms prestissimoen, prestissimoar, and prestissimoane were then made obsolete.

• “prestissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prestissimo.

prestissimo

1. prestissimo