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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Italian
Origin: , past participle of pizzicare 'to pluck'

pizzicato

 noun
     
piz‧zi‧ca‧to [uncountable]
APM musical notes played by pulling on the strings of an instrument
—pizzicato adverb, adjective
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