‖ duetto
(duˈetto, djuːˈɛtəʊ)
[It. duetto, dim. of duo a duet: see duo.]
= duet; also transf.
| 1724 Short Explic. For. Words in Music Bks. (Stanf.) Duetti, or duetto, are little Songs or Airs in two Parts. 1731 Mrs. Pendarves in Mrs. Delany's Life & Corr. 275 They agreed to sing a duetto out of y⊇ Beggars' Opera. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 55 note, The literary pretensions of this once metrical and corresponding duetto. 1820 Scott Monast. xviii, They then..set off in a sort of duetto, enumerating the advantages of the situation. |