Noun: ostinato
| Singular | ostinato |
| Plural | ostinatos; ostinati |
Sample Sentences
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The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano. [2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”, in New York Times:]
Nouns inflected like ostinato
sbirro,
vetturino,
capocollo,
clavicembalo,
decrescendo,
scherzando,
bambino,
concerto,
descrescendo,
zufolo,
stornello,
cavaletto,
inamorato,
zuffolo,
secondo,
rifacimento,
paesano,
pianissimo,
palazzo,
pandoro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Italian ostinato (“stubborn”). Doublet of obstinate. See: Italian Nouns '
ostinato'.