Rubato
Pronunciation : Ru*ba"to
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [It.]
Definition : Defn: Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913