Basso
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bass singer, especially in opera.
- 2 Obsolete spelling of bashaw and pasha. alt-of, obsolete
"Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes, we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues: Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […]"
- 3 the lowest adult male singing voice wordnet
- 4 An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
- 5 an adult male singer with the lowest voice wordnet
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- 6 The double bass, or contrabasso.
Example
More examples"Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes, we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues: Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […]"
Etymology
From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.