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A.Word.A.Day--pizzicato Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio pizzicato (pit-si-KA-toe) adjective Played by plucking rather than bowing the strings. pizzicato noun A pizzicato note or passage. [Italian, past participle of pizzicare, to pluck, from pizzare, to prick, from pizzo, point.] "The band employs a violinist and accordionist, and both are masters of their instruments' diverse qualities - a gentle middle-Eastern drone here, some pizzicato offbeat there." Andy Gill, Music: Jazz chops and gravy, Independent, 20 Nov 1998. This week's theme: pi words to mark Pi Day (March 14). X-Bonus A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. -Anne Morrow Lindberg

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