SINCE 1828
a rovescio
adverb
a ro·ve·scio
| \ ˌärōˈve(ˌ)shō, -eshēˌō\
variants:
or less commonly al rovescio \ ˌälr- \
Definition of a rovescio
: in contrary motion
—used as a direction in music indicating imitation by reversion or by inversion
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