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Word of the day: Appassionato
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Today’s word of the day is: Appassionato meaning
Appassionato
Appassionato: adjective-impassioned; with passion or strong feeling.
Pronunciation: [ uh-pah-see-uh–nah-toh ]
Appassionato is based on the Italian verb appassionare, “to impassion, excite, thrill.” The ultimate source of appassionare is Latin patī, “to suffer,” which has two stems in English: pass-, as in passion, and pat-, as in patient. Appassionato was first recorded in English in the 1830s.
Example: The film’s score turned bombastic and appassionato as the two villains battled for victory.
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