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phorminx

phorminx noun: a kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.

Noun

phorminx (plural phorminxes or phorminges)

  1. A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
    • We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs,
      As if still ignorant of counterpoint.1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “First Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC

Forms of phorminx

pluralphorminxes
pluralphorminges

Origin of phorminx

Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ (phórminx)

Questions about phorminx

What does phorminx mean?
Phorminx means a kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
What part of speech is phorminx?
Phorminx is a noun.
What is the plural of phorminx?
The plural of phorminx is phorminxes.

Words near phorminx in the dictionary

  1. phorid flies
  2. phorid fly
  3. phorids
  4. phormiaceous
  5. phorminges
  6. phorminx
  7. phorminxes
  8. phormium
  9. phormiums
  10. phorocyte
  11. phorocytes

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