Word Study
ripieno
CIDE DICTIONARY
ripieno, a. [It.].
Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ripieno, n. (pl. -os or ripieni) Mus. a body of accompanying instruments in baroque concerto music.
Etymology
It. (as RE-, pieno full)
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