The Only Use of
crescendo
in
Brave New World
- The Super-Vox-Wurlitzeriana had risen to a sobbing crescendo; and suddenly the verbena gave place, in the scent-circulating system, to an intense patchouli.†
p. 204..2
Definition:
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(crescendo) a gradual increase in intensity; or the time of maximum intensity -- especially in the loudness of music