ripieno

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

ri=pie=no

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ripieno, a. [It.].

Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ripieno, n. (pl. -os or ripieni) Mus. a body of accompanying instruments in baroque concerto music.

Etymology

It. (as RE-, pieno full)