mancando

adjective (or adverb) man·can·do \ (ˈ)män¦kän(ˌ)dō \

variants: or less commonly mancante \-(ˌ)tā\

Definition of mancando

: dying away —used as a direction in music

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Origin and Etymology of mancando

mancando from Italian, verbal of mancare to lack, from manco lacking, left-handed, from Medieval Latin mancus lacking in weight, from Latin, having a crippled hand, maimed, infirm, probably from manus hand; mancante from mancare