Cittern

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  • noun. A 16th-century guitar with a flat, pear-shaped body.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See cithern.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A stringed instrument similar to a mandolin which is an early form of guitar.
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  • noun. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
  • Word Usage
    "At Gubbio, the cittern is depicted alongside the architect's set square/level, the hourglass, and divider, and directly beneath the term ingenioq, implying that one's natural talent (s) should be guided by discipline and right pleasure. back"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    guitar  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clarion  d'amore  dulcimer  fife  gitar  
    variant
    cithern