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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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History and Etymology for 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

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