lento
(adjective) (of tempo) slow
lento, slowly
(adverb) in music; “Play this lento, please”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)
(music) Very slow.
lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)
(music) Very slowly.
lento (plural lentos)
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
• Elton, Nolte, Tolen, let on, olent
Source: Wiktionary
Len"to, a. & adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Definition: Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
