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adj
Strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A passage played with a strong accent, or hammered out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
Borrowed from Italian martellato (“hammered”), from martellare (“to hammer, throb”), from martello (“hammer”), related to Latin martulus, marculus (“small hammer”), diminutive of marcus (“hammer”).
