Ripieno

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ripieno \Ri*pi*e"no\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
     Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied
     to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an
     orchestra, but are not obbligato.
     [1913 Webster] Ripler