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basso en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.

Meanings

1. A bass singer, especially in opera.
2. An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
3. The double bass, or contrabasso.

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Relateds

basso cantante · basso ostinato · basso profundo · basso continuo · basso-relievo · basso profondo · basso-rilievo

basso en · NOUN · etymology 2

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1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of bashaw and pasha.
   alt of bashaw and pasha
   • Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes, we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues: Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=II or III), scene i:

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