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Clavicytherium

//ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.

    "[T]he harpſichord is an improvement of the Clavicitherium, an inſtrument known in England in Gower's time by the name of the Citole, from Cistella, a little cheſt."

Etymology

From Late Latin clavicytherium, from Medieval Latin clāvis (“key”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“crook, hook, peg”)) + cithara (“cithara, guitar, lute, lyre”) + -ium (“suffix forming nouns”).

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