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phorminxes

phorminxes is the plural of phorminx.

Meaning of phorminx

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

Questions about phorminxes

What is phorminxes the plural of?
Phorminxes is the plural of phorminx.

Words near phorminxes in the dictionary

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

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