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ostinato
- Main Entry:
- osti·na·to

- Pronunciation:
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\ˌäs-tə-ˈnä-(ˌ)tō, ˌȯs-\
- Function:
- noun
- Inflected Form(s):
- plural osti·na·tos also -ti
\-tē\
- Etymology:
- Italian, obstinate, from Latin obstinatus
- Date:
- circa 1876
: a musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition
— compare imitation, sequence
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