Mandolute
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A musical instrument similar to a mandolin, but larger.
"Not content with flailing at the playwright and the movement that had nurtured him ("the little theater of cheesecloth and mandolutes"), De Voto attacked the Theater Guild, charging that its resources and prestige, its "power to compel the admiration of multitudes," where chiefly responsible for elevating O'Neill to "a grandeur" he did not deserve."
Example
More examples"Not content with flailing at the playwright and the movement that had nurtured him ("the little theater of cheesecloth and mandolutes"), De Voto attacked the Theater Guild, charging that its resources and prestige, its "power to compel the admiration of multitudes," where chiefly responsible for elevating O'Neill to "a grandeur" he did not deserve."
Etymology
Blend of mandolin + lute.
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