continuo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
Definition of continuo
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of basso continuo.
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noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of basso continuo.
- (historical)A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.
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Etymology
From Spanish continuo, ellipsis of hombre continuo (“constant and steadfast man”), from Latin continuus (“constant, continuous”).
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