2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Staccato \Stac*ca"to\, a. [It., p. p. of staccere equivalent to
distaccare See {Detach}.]
1. (Mus.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction
to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct,
and pointed manner. It is opposed to {legato}, and often
indicated by heavy accents written over or under the
notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less
distinct and emphatic.
2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
Staccato and peremptory [literary criticism]. --G.
Eliot.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
staccato
adj : marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds;
(music) cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a
staccato command"; "staccato notes" [syn: {disconnected}]
[ant: {legato}]
adv : separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please"
[ant: {legato}]
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