adv. and sb. [It., pres. pple. of smorzare to extinguish.] (See quot. 1801.) Also Smorzato adv. [pa. pple.]
1800. Spirit Public Jrnls., IV. 3. Mesdames Crouch,… De Camp, &c. will warble their dulcet tones, semitones,… diminuendo’s, rallentando’s, and smorzando’s, in due time and place!
1801. Busby, Dict. Mus., Smorzando, or Smorzato.… An expression implying that the sounds of the passage over which it is placed are to be gradually diminished in the legato style.
