adverb
MusicChiefly as a musical direction: in a hurried or headlong manner.
noun
MusicA passage (to be) played in this manner.
adjective
Music(To be) played in a hurried or headlong manner.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in John Stainer (1840–1901), musicologist and composer. From Italian precipitato, specific use of the past participle of precipitare.
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