Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clarichord. Also called
dumb spinet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also
dumb spinet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
clavichord .
Etymologies
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Latin monochordon, from Ancient Greek. So called because it originally had only one string. See monochord.
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Examples
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The clavichord and manichord, which we read of in Mozart's letters, were only improved and better-made clavicytheria.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various
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