clavecinn.
/ˈklavɪsɪn/ Music.
The French name of the harpsichord: sometimes used by English writers.
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clavicymbal1492
claricymbal1502
harpsichord1611
harpsical?1624
harpsicon1633
clavicembalo1740
lyrichord1741
cembalo1786
clavecin1813
clavicytherium1813
clavicithern1855
gravicembalo1858
lautenclavicymbel1884
lute harpsichord1884
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Clavecin, in music, a harpsichord.
1881 A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Music III. 194 About the year 1500 the clavecin had been made in the clavichord shape, and called Spinet.
Derivatives
ˈclavecinist n. [ < French claveciniste] a player on the clavecin.
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harpsichord-player1772
clavecinist1865
harpsichordist1878
1865 J. Hullah Transit. Period Mus. 243 The sudden indisposition..of the Clavecinist, gave him [Handel] an opportunity.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 63 As..Clavecinist debarred his instrument, He yet thrums..With desperate finger on dumb table-edge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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