ghittern

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A form of gittern — A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.

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Meanings

nounghittern (plural ghitterns)

plural ghitterns

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of gittern.

    Now they can no more hear thy ghittern’s tune, / For venturing syllables that ill beseem / The quiet glooms of such a piteous theme.

    1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XIX, page 58

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ghittern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghittern

MLA

“ghittern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghittern. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghittern,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghittern.

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