prestissimo
/prɛˈstɪsɪməʊ
/Music
adverb & adjective
(Especially as a direction) in a very quick tempo.At 13:50, her version is almost three minutes slower than Krysa's and because of that, the piece breathes easily between the prestissimo flights of fancy....
- The wood in the half-light waking at daybreak to the belling of stags that bursts into barks; the wood doubled over the prestissimo riffs, the wood enjoying the sea's sport.
noun (plural prestissimos)
A movement or passage marked to be performed in a very quick tempo.The short prestissimo lasts just over two minutes and is an intriguing option instead of a full-blown Scherzo....
- The unravelling has run faster than prestissimo.
Origin
Italian, superlative of presto 'quick, quickly' (see presto).