martellato

Borrowed from Italian martellato (“hammered”), from martellare (“to hammer, throb”), from martello (“hammer”), related to Latin martulus, marculus (“small hammer”), diminutive of marcus (“hammer”).

martellato (not comparable)

1. (music) Strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.

martellato (feminine martellata, masculine plural martellati, feminine plural martellate)

1. past participle of martellare

• mattarello