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grandioso

grandioso noun: a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style.

Noun

grandioso (plural grandiosos)

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
  2. A passage having this mark

Adverb

grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)

  1. played in this style

Adjective

grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)

  1. describing a passage having this mark

Forms of grandioso

Noun
pluralgrandiosos
Adverb
comparativemore grandioso
superlativemost grandioso
Adjective
comparativemore grandioso
superlativemost grandioso

Origin of grandioso

Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.

Questions about grandioso

What does grandioso mean?
Grandioso means a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style.
What part of speech is grandioso?
Grandioso can be a noun, an adverb or an adjective.
What is the plural of grandioso?
The plural of grandioso is grandiosos.

Words near grandioso in the dictionary

  1. grandiose
  2. grandiosely
  3. grandioseness
  4. grandiosities
  5. grandiosity
  6. grandioso
  7. grandiosos
  8. grandisin
  9. grandisine
  10. grandisinine
  11. Grandison

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