phorminx

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  1. An ancient Greek stringed musical instrument; a cithara or lyre. We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs, As if still ignorant of counterpoint. Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, i.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek φόρμιγξ, a kind of lyre, perhaps from φέρειν, carry, = English bear, as being a portable lyre.
 

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