| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| maestoso |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ma·es·to·so |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  mä  s-t  s, -z |
| ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: | Music In a majestic and stately manner. Used chiefly as a direction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from maestà, majesty, greatness, from Latin m iests. See meg- in Appendix I.
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