Definition of DULCIMER

dulcimer

Meanings

Plural: dulcimers

Noun

  • a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
  • a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
  • A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).

Origin / Etymology

From Old French doulcemelle, probably from Latin dulce melos (“sweet song”), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “melody, song”).

Scrabble Score: 13

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Words With Friends Score: 17

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