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MARTELLATO
Definition of MARTELLATO
adjective
Strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian martellato (“hammered”), from martellare (“to hammer, throb”), from martello (“hammer”), related to Latin martulus, marculus (“small hammer”), diminutive of marcus (“hammer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,424)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARTELLATO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARTELLATO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AAELLMORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MARTEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARTELLATO?
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