Plural of diminuendo; multiple sections of music where the volume gradually decreases, or the musical notation symbols indicating this effect.
From Italian 'diminuendo,' with the anglicized plural '-os' added. This represents English's adaptation of the Italian musical term, making it conform to patterns of borrowed words from Romance languages.
A piece of music might have dozens of diminuendos, each one creating a moment of letting go—and the word itself, with its gentle double 'diminuen,' almost whispers as you say it!
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