mezzo forte
adjective or adverb
mez·zo for·te ˌmet-(ˌ)sō-ˈfȯr-ˌtā 
ˌmed-(ˌ)zō-,
-ˈfȯr-tē
: moderately loud —used as a direction in music
Word History
Etymology
Italian
First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
- shield louse
- shield of arms
- shield of brawn
- Shield of David
- shield of pretense
- shield scale
- shield volcano
- shield-back chair
- shield-backed bug
- shield-maid
- shield-maiden
- shield-shaped
- shield-tailed snake
- shielded
- shielded against
- shielder
- shielders
- shielding
- shielding against
- shieldings
- shieldless
- shieldlings
- shieldmay
- shields
- shields against