harpsichord
noun/ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːd/
/ˈhɑːrpsɪkɔːrd/
- an early type of musical instrument similar to a piano, but with strings that are plucked (= pulled), not hitTopics Musicc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa ‘harp’ + chorda ‘string’ (the insertion of the letter s being unexplained).
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