allegro

plural allegros

1. entertainmentA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
2. more traditionallyentertainmentAn expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
3. entertainmentA passage having this mark.

   And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]

   1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “Subtranscendental”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the second (In the Temple), page 116

1. not comparableentertainmentplayed in a quick, lively tempo

1. not comparableentertainmentin a quick and lively manner