descrescendo

English

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

descrescendo (plural descrescendos or descrescendi)

  1. Alternative form of decrescendo.
    • 2007 June 9, Craig R. Whitney, “Amid the Shirts and Socks, a Concert Can Break Out”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “It’s probably the most difficult piece I’ve ever done,” he said before trying out several movements at a Wednesday evening concert, his fingers slinking from keyboard to keyboard and darting restlessly over the 729 stop-control tablets as phrase seamlessly followed phrase and crescendo climaxed and faded into descrescendo.

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