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systrum

systrum is the obsolete form of sistrum.

Meaning of sistrum

Noun

sistrum (plural sistrums or sistra)

  1. An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.
    • She moved with slow undulations of her body as lascivious as the curve of Hathfertiti’s hair, and the sistrum with its singing wires was played by a dwarf wearing nothing but a gold purse and a few bracelets on his stunted biceps.1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

Questions about systrum

What is systrum the obsolete form of?
Systrum is the obsolete form of sistrum.

Words near systrum in the dictionary

  1. Syston
  2. systray
  3. systrays
  4. systrophiid
  5. systrophiids
  6. systrum
  7. systyle
  8. systyles
  9. systylia
  10. systylious
  11. systylius

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