† harpsiconn.
Obsolete.
= harpsichord n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > harpsichord
clavicymbal1492
claricymbal1502
harpsichord1611
harpsical?1624
harpsicon1633
clavicembalo1740
lyrichord1741
cembalo1786
clavecin1813
clavicytherium1813
clavicithern1855
gravicembalo1858
lautenclavicymbel1884
lute harpsichord1884
1633 H. Hawkins Partheneia Sacra 144 (T.) Let them run divisions on the harpsicon or virginals.
1661 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) II. 44 There saw the new Harpsicon made for Mrs. The.
1683 J. Pettus Ess. Metallick Words at Bell, in Fleta Minor ii The strings of the Harpsicon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1633