declamando

adverb (or adjective)

de·​cla·​man·​do

¦dāklə¦män(ˌ)dō,

¦deklə¦man-

: in declamatory style

—used as a direction in music

Word History

Etymology

Italian, declaiming, from Latin declamandum, gerund of declamare

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