mancando
adjective (or adverb)
man·can·do
\(ˈ)män¦kän(ˌ)dō\
variants: 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 — more at manual
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