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lento - adj. & adv. (music) in a slow tempo. n., a lento passage or movement.
bonus word: doge - n., the chief magistrate of the former republic of Venice.
Lento is from Italian lento, slow, from Latin lentus, flexible, pliant, sluggish, from the same PIE root that gave us (via Old English) lithe. Doge is from Venetian dialect of Italian, from Latin ducem, the accusative form of dux, leader -- usually a military leader -- from whence English derived duke.
And that ends not just this week, but all weeks of Words My True Love Gave Me, because that empties the litter red bag. Back to the regular mix for at least a couple weeks, before I start doing themes again.
---L.
bonus word: doge - n., the chief magistrate of the former republic of Venice.
Lento is from Italian lento, slow, from Latin lentus, flexible, pliant, sluggish, from the same PIE root that gave us (via Old English) lithe. Doge is from Venetian dialect of Italian, from Latin ducem, the accusative form of dux, leader -- usually a military leader -- from whence English derived duke.
And that ends not just this week, but all weeks of Words My True Love Gave Me, because that empties the litter red bag. Back to the regular mix for at least a couple weeks, before I start doing themes again.
---L.
