basso
noun
bas·so ˈba-(ˌ)sō 
ˈbä-
ˈbä- plural bassos or bassi ˈbä-ˌsē
1
: a bass singer
especially : an operatic bass
2
: a low deep voice
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Scored for five voices, five unspecified instrumental parts and basso continuo, the music is reverent and wistful. 
New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020 Jackson's basso delivery earns plenty of laughs, and Harkness is affecting as Paul's decline into alcoholism curtails his performing career. David Rooney, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2019 Neyfakh is an adept broadcaster, an authoritative basso who does not trip over his words, even if the scripts’ long sentences might make more sense on the page than in the ear. Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2020 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 See More
New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020 Jackson's basso delivery earns plenty of laughs, and Harkness is affecting as Paul's decline into alcoholism curtails his performing career. David Rooney, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2019 Neyfakh is an adept broadcaster, an authoritative basso who does not trip over his words, even if the scripts’ long sentences might make more sense on the page than in the ear. Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2020 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 His mother was a secretary, and his father was a basso profondo at the Metropolitan Opera who wanted Martin to become an artist. Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Medieval Latin bassus, from bassus short, low
First Known Use
circa 1724, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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