phorminx
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ (phórminx)
Noun[edit]
phorminx (plural phorminxes or phorminges)
- A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “First Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs,
As if still ignorant of counterpoint.