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scherzos

scherzos is the plural of scherzo.

Meaning of scherzo

Noun

scherzo (plural scherzos or scherzi)

  1. A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
    • At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

Questions about scherzos

What is scherzos the plural of?
Scherzos is the plural of scherzo.

Words near scherzos in the dictionary

  1. scherzi
  2. scherzini
  3. scherzino
  4. scherzinos
  5. scherzo
  6. scherzos
  7. schesis
  8. schesis onomaton
  9. schetic
  10. Schetland
  11. Schettino

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