a rovescio

adverb

a ro·​ve·​scio

ˌärōˈve(ˌ)shō,

-eshēˌō

variants or less commonly al rovescio

ˌälr-

: in contrary motion

—used as a direction in music indicating imitation by reversion or by inversion

Word History

Etymology

Italian, upside down, backwards

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