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noun (pl=scherzos, pl2=scherzi)
  1. (music) A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
    • : At seven Val knocked " three shorts and one long, out of the of Beethoven"s Fifth " and I rushed to open.
Etymology: From scherzoItalian, scherzo.


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