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ossia

conjunction
os·​sia | \ ōˈsēə\

Definition of ossia

: or else —used as a direction in music to indicate an alternative and usually simpler form of a passage

History and Etymology for ossia

Italian, from o sia or let it be, from o or (from Latin aut) + sia let it be, be it, 3d person singular present subjunctive of essere to be, from Latin esse

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