pizzicato
adjective, adverb/ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ/
/ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ/
(from Italian, music)- played using the fingers instead of a bow to pull at the strings of a musical instrument such as a violinWord OriginItalian, literally ‘pinched, twitched’, past participle of pizzicare, based on pizza ‘point, edge’.
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