diminuendon.

Brit.

/dᵻˌmɪnjʊˈɛndəʊ/, U.S.

/dəˌmɪn(j)əˈwɛndoʊ/

Etymology: < Italian diminuendo lessening, diminishing, present participle of diminuire to diminish: see diminue v.

Music.

A musical direction indicating a gradual decrease in force or loudness of tone (abbreviated dim., dimin.); as n. a gradual decrease in force of tone, or a passage where this occurs. Also transferred and figurative. (Opposed to crescendo n.) Also attributive or as adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

diminuendo1776

smorzando1786

decrescendo1806

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > gradual

wastinga1425

leakage1642

dwindle1779

dwindling1884

rundown1890

diminuendo1891

phase-down1958

wind-down1969

tail-off1975

build-down1983

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.].

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

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iii. 70 ‘Ah!’ this from Dicky Blake, diminuendo.

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xviii. 71 Certain violin-players take advantage of this in diminuendo terminations.

1891 Daily News 26 Oct. 3/3 A similar trimming..on a smaller scale, edged..the bodice, and was repeated in a further diminuendo round the neck.

1937 A. Huxley Let. 15 Dec. (1969) 429 Pardon this diminuendo, due to my not noticing that the ribbon had to change its direction!

1955 Times 9 May 3/4 There were ‘expressive’ ritenutos and diminuendos and protracted cadences.

1955 Times 26 May 11/6 Labour's promise to do away with the 11 plus examination for selective secondary education was another scheme that suffered a diminuendo.

1958 A. Toynbee East to West xiii. 38 En route one changes, diminuendo, from South Austalian broad gauge to Commonwealth standard gauge.

1959 Encounter Aug. 34/1 He was looking a bit diminuendo, and smiled rather nervously.

Derivatives

diminuendo v. intransitive, to become quieter or fainter; to grow less.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > sound faintly or quietly [verb (intransitive)] > become faint or quiet

languish?1510

sink1794

fade1879

diminuendo1901

decrescendo1903

1901 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 2/1 Their booming note crescendoes up the scale with increasing speed and diminuendoes with the slackening of it.

1905 Daily Chron. 27 Oct. 6/4 The wail of Niobe diminuendoes in the receding distance.

1962 Guardian 19 Oct. 11/7 He began to howl and diminuendoed down to a mutter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diminuendo
释义	diminuendon. Brit. /dᵻˌmɪnjʊˈɛndəʊ/, U.S. /dəˌmɪn(j)əˈwɛndoʊ/ Etymology: < Italian diminuendo lessening, diminishing, present participle of diminuire to diminish: see diminue v. Music. A musical direction indicating a gradual decrease in force or loudness of tone (abbreviated dim., dimin.); as n. a gradual decrease in force of tone, or a passage where this occurs. Also transferred and figurative. (Opposed to crescendo n.) Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [noun] > decrease in volume diminuendo1776 smorzando1786 decrescendo1806 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > gradual wastinga1425 leakage1642 dwindle1779 dwindling1884 rundown1890 diminuendo1891 phase-down1958 wind-down1969 tail-off1975 build-down1983 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.]. 1826 R. A. R. in W. Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1171 Let these notes be played..with perfect crescendos and diminuendoes. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iii. 70 ‘Ah!’ this from Dicky Blake, diminuendo. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xviii. 71 Certain violin-players take advantage of this in diminuendo terminations. 1891 Daily News 26 Oct. 3/3 A similar trimming..on a smaller scale, edged..the bodice, and was repeated in a further diminuendo round the neck. 1937 A. Huxley Let. 15 Dec. (1969) 429 Pardon this diminuendo, due to my not noticing that the ribbon had to change its direction! 1955 Times 9 May 3/4 There were ‘expressive’ ritenutos and diminuendos and protracted cadences. 1955 Times 26 May 11/6 Labour's promise to do away with the 11 plus examination for selective secondary education was another scheme that suffered a diminuendo. 1958 A. Toynbee East to West xiii. 38 En route one changes, diminuendo, from South Austalian broad gauge to Commonwealth standard gauge. 1959 Encounter Aug. 34/1 He was looking a bit diminuendo, and smiled rather nervously. Derivatives diminuendo v. intransitive, to become quieter or fainter; to grow less. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > sound faintly or quietly [verb (intransitive)] > become faint or quiet languish?1510 sink1794 fade1879 diminuendo1901 decrescendo1903 1901 Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 2/1 Their booming note crescendoes up the scale with increasing speed and diminuendoes with the slackening of it. 1905 Daily Chron. 27 Oct. 6/4 The wail of Niobe diminuendoes in the receding distance. 1962 Guardian 19 Oct. 11/7 He began to howl and diminuendoed down to a mutter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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