vivace

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    (of tempo) very fast and lively
  • Adverb:
    lively, in music

Word Origin

vivace (adv.)
1680s, from Italian vivace "brisk, lively," from Latin vivac-, stem of vivax "lively, vigorous; long-lived, enduring" (see vivacity).