tempo, pacing
(noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
tempo, pace
(noun) the rate of some repeating event
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tempi
plural of tempo
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"po, n. Etym: [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.] (Mus.)
Definition: The rate or degree of movement in time. A tempo giusto (joos"to) Etym: [It.], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato.
– Tempo rubato. See under Rubato.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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.
