crescendon.

/krɛʃˈʃɛndo/

/krɪˈʃɛndəʊ/

Etymology: < Italian crescendo increasing, present participle of crescere to increase < Latin crēscĕre (compare crescent n.).

Music.

a. A musical direction indicating that the tone is to be gradually increased in force or loudness (abbreviated cres., cresc.). As n.: A gradual increase of volume of tone in a passage of a piece of music; a passage of this description.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [noun] > increase in volume

rinforzando1775

crescendo1776

sforzato1786

swell1803

sforzando1849

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for volume

forte1724

fortissimo1724

pf1724

più piano1724

piano1762

rinforzando1775

crescendo1776

mancando1786

sforzando1786

sforzato1786

forzando1828

1776 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 4) 65 I stood still some time to observe the diminuendo and crescendo.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 530 Domenico Mazzocchi [1626–40]..first..invented characters of crescendo, diminuendo, [etc.].

1812 W. Crotch Elements of Musical Composition 112 The peculiar characteristic of the piano forte is its power of varying degrees of loudness and softness, either suddenly or by crescendo, diminuendo, rinforzando, etc.

1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1171 Let these notes be played..with perfect crescendos and diminuendoes.

1889 Chambers's Cycl. III. 557 The swell of a good organ produces a most perfect crescendo.

b. transferred. A gradual increase in loudness of voice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > loudness of voice > increase in loudness

crescendo1865

sforzando1902

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Apr. 11 He has not the force..to represent the climbing crescendo of unjust anger and despairing sarcasm.

1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 45 ‘Do you mean that Sir Henry is dead?’ interposed Susan, in a gradual crescendo.

c. figurative. A progressive increase in force or effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase

mo and moOE

crescendo1785

spiral1931

escalation1938

spiralling1944

snowballing1966

1785 R. Twining Let. 20 July in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 123 The crescendo of mountains, as we went up the lake pleased me as much, I think, as any crescendo of sound can have pleased you.

1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors v. 205 Its chief merit as a play is the crescendo of its interest.

1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 30 The intense crescendo of the catastrophe, the absolute concentration of interest.

d. attributive or as adj.

ΚΠ

1859 Sat. Rev. 7 430/2 A crescendo series of appeals to the Chairman to call the Commission together.

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iii. 70 ‘Borrow one!’ said Dicky in a crescendo tone of amazement.

e. colloquial (originally U.S.). The peak of an increase in volume, force, or intensity; a climax. Esp. in to reach a crescendo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase to highest point or degree > highest point of increase

status1577

apex1624

sublimity1637

climax1647

culmination1657

acme1761

boiling-point1773

crescendo1925

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase

to grow to a head1579

to gather to a heada1616

to come to a head1655

culminatea1662

climax1882

to reach a crescendo1925

to top off1970

to top out1972

1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 68 The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home.

1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime iv. 54 The babble at the bar had risen to a sudden crescendo.

1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 170 The crescendo came when more than sixteen hundred bombers battered the coastal defences.

1958 L. M. Uris Exodus i. xxvii. 160 At the end of the second week the Jews were still holding fast and the clamour in the press was reaching a crescendo.

1961 E. E. Golay Organizing Local Ch. v. 57 The total process of evangelism reaches the crescendo when the group of new members stands before the congregation to declare publicly their faith.

1975 Economist 16 Aug. 8/1 It was in relation to the annual increment arrangements of the civil service pay system that your attack reached its crescendo of unfairness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

crescendov.

Etymology: < crescendo n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: creˈscendo.

intransitive. To increase gradually in loudness or intensity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)] > increase loudness

risea1450

swell1749

loudena1848

crescendo1900

lift1912

1900 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 2/1 A faint whir crescendoes rapidly into the shrill whoop of a steam-siren.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 2/1 The trolly-cars, with their booming note which crescendoes up the scale with increasing speed and diminuendoes with the slackening of it.

1903 R. Langbridge Flame & Flood xvi A bubbling torrent of vituperation that crescendoed as she leapt in air..and decrescendoed, as..she turned away.

1927 Daily Express 24 Oct. 10/3 ‘The season’..starts in November, crescendoes to its height in January and February, to die away in April.

1969 Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 12/3 As well as the nudity story which crescendoed up from Italy to swamp much of the Paris after-dark fashion, there is real news.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	crescendo
释义	crescendon. /krɛʃˈʃɛndo//krɪˈʃɛndəʊ/ Etymology: < Italian crescendo increasing, present participle of crescere to increase < Latin crēscĕre (compare crescent n.). Music. a. A musical direction indicating that the tone is to be gradually increased in force or loudness (abbreviated cres., cresc.). As n.: A gradual increase of volume of tone in a passage of a piece of music; a passage of this description. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [noun] > increase in volume rinforzando1775 crescendo1776 sforzato1786 swell1803 sforzando1849 society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for volume forte1724 fortissimo1724 pf1724 più piano1724 piano1762 rinforzando1775 crescendo1776 mancando1786 sforzando1786 sforzato1786 forzando1828 1776 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 4) 65 I stood still some time to observe the diminuendo and crescendo. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 530 Domenico Mazzocchi [1626–40]..first..invented characters of crescendo, diminuendo, [etc.]. 1812 W. Crotch Elements of Musical Composition 112 The peculiar characteristic of the piano forte is its power of varying degrees of loudness and softness, either suddenly or by crescendo, diminuendo, rinforzando, etc. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1171 Let these notes be played..with perfect crescendos and diminuendoes. 1889 Chambers's Cycl. III. 557 The swell of a good organ produces a most perfect crescendo. b. transferred. A gradual increase in loudness of voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > loudness of voice > increase in loudness crescendo1865 sforzando1902 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Apr. 11 He has not the force..to represent the climbing crescendo of unjust anger and despairing sarcasm. 1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 45 ‘Do you mean that Sir Henry is dead?’ interposed Susan, in a gradual crescendo. c. figurative. A progressive increase in force or effect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > progressive increase mo and moOE crescendo1785 spiral1931 escalation1938 spiralling1944 snowballing1966 1785 R. Twining Let. 20 July in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 123 The crescendo of mountains, as we went up the lake pleased me as much, I think, as any crescendo of sound can have pleased you. 1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors v. 205 Its chief merit as a play is the crescendo of its interest. 1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 30 The intense crescendo of the catastrophe, the absolute concentration of interest. d. attributive or as adj. ΚΠ 1859 Sat. Rev. 7 430/2 A crescendo series of appeals to the Chairman to call the Commission together. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iii. 70 ‘Borrow one!’ said Dicky in a crescendo tone of amazement. e. colloquial (originally U.S.). The peak of an increase in volume, force, or intensity; a climax. Esp. in to reach a crescendo. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase to highest point or degree > highest point of increase status1577 apex1624 sublimity1637 climax1647 culmination1657 acme1761 boiling-point1773 crescendo1925 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > to highest degree > reach highest degree of increase to grow to a head1579 to gather to a heada1616 to come to a head1655 culminatea1662 climax1882 to reach a crescendo1925 to top off1970 to top out1972 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 68 The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime iv. 54 The babble at the bar had risen to a sudden crescendo. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 170 The crescendo came when more than sixteen hundred bombers battered the coastal defences. 1958 L. M. Uris Exodus i. xxvii. 160 At the end of the second week the Jews were still holding fast and the clamour in the press was reaching a crescendo. 1961 E. E. Golay Organizing Local Ch. v. 57 The total process of evangelism reaches the crescendo when the group of new members stands before the congregation to declare publicly their faith. 1975 Economist 16 Aug. 8/1 It was in relation to the annual increment arrangements of the civil service pay system that your attack reached its crescendo of unfairness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). crescendov. Etymology: < crescendo n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: creˈscendo. intransitive. To increase gradually in loudness or intensity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)] > increase loudness risea1450 swell1749 loudena1848 crescendo1900 lift1912 1900 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 2/1 A faint whir crescendoes rapidly into the shrill whoop of a steam-siren. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 2/1 The trolly-cars, with their booming note which crescendoes up the scale with increasing speed and diminuendoes with the slackening of it. 1903 R. Langbridge Flame & Flood xvi A bubbling torrent of vituperation that crescendoed as she leapt in air..and decrescendoed, as..she turned away. 1927 Daily Express 24 Oct. 10/3 ‘The season’..starts in November, crescendoes to its height in January and February, to die away in April. 1969 Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 12/3 As well as the nudity story which crescendoed up from Italy to swamp much of the Paris after-dark fashion, there is real news. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1776v.1900
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