pizzicato
2pizzicato
adv or adjDefinition of PIZZICATO
: by means of plucking instead of bowing —used as a direction in music — compare arco
See Origin of PIZZICATO
Italian, past participle of pizzicare to pluck
First Known Use: circa 1854
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