harpsicord

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A form of harpsichord — A stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, the mechanical precursor to the fortepiano, in which each key causes a plectrum to pluck a corresponding tuned string, producing a bright, sharp tone similar to that of a harp.

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Meanings

nounharpsicord (plural harpsicords)

plural harpsicords

  1. datedDated form of harpsichord.

    “The tender pat Of her aery finger-tips Upon me daily—I rejoiced thereat!” (Thuswise a harpsicord, as from dampered lips.)

    1922, Thomas Hardy, 'Haunting Fingers: A Phantasy in a Museum of Musical Instruments' in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses, Macmillan, page 60
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