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orpherion

orpherion is the alternative form of orpharion.

Meaning of orpharion

Noun

orpharion (plural orpharions)

  1. A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.

Forms of orpherion

pluralorpherions

Questions about orpherion

What is orpherion the alternative form of?
Orpherion is the alternative form of orpharion.

Words near orpherion in the dictionary

  1. orphenadrine
  2. orpheonist
  3. orpheonists
  4. orpheoreon
  5. orpheoreons
  6. orpherion
  7. orpherions
  8. Orpheus
  9. Orphic
  10. Orphic egg
  11. Orphic eggs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orpherion (page history and authors); orpharion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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