rinforzando

[ Italian reen-fawr-tsahn-daw ]

adjective

1. sforzando.

rinforzando

/ ˌriːnfɔːˈtsændəʊ /

adjective

1. a less common term for sforzando

Word History and Origins

Origin of rinforzando¹

1795–1805; < Italian: reinforcing (gerund of rinforzare, equivalent to ri- re- + inforzare to enforce )

Word History and Origins

Origin of rinforzando¹

Italian, literally: reinforcing

Example Sentences

The evil is done, it germinates, it grows, it flourishes, it makes its way, and rinforzando, from mouth to mouth it speeds onward; then suddenly, no one knows how, you see slander, erecting itself, hiss, swell, and grow big as you gaze.

From Project Gutenberg

Le mal est fait; il germe, il rampe, il chemine et rinforzando de bouche en bouche il va le diable; puis tout à coup on ne sait comment, vous voyez la calomnie se dresser, siffler, s’enfler, grandir à vue d’oeil.

From Project Gutenberg

The harm is done; it sprouts, crawls, makes its way; and rinforzando from mouth to mouth, goes like wildfire; then all at once, you scarcely know how, you see the slander rise before you, whistling, blowing, growing while you look at it.

From Project Gutenberg

The rumbling was mingled with a subterranean roar, which formed a sort of rinforzando, and died slowly away, as if some violent storm had passed through the profundities of the globe.

From Project Gutenberg

The difference between sforzando, rinforzando, and crescendo should now be noted: sforzando indicates that a single tone or chord is to be louder; rinforzando, that an entire passage is to be louder, beginning with its first tone; but crescendo indicates that there is to be a gradual increase in power, this increase sometimes occurring during the sounding of a single tone, but more often in a passage.

From Project Gutenberg