manichordn.

Brit.

/ˈmanᵻkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈmænəˌkɔrd/

Forms: 1600s manycord, 1600s–1800s manicord, 1700s– manichord.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French manicorde.

Etymology: < French manicorde (1539 in Middle French; compare Old French manacorde (12th cent.)), alteration of monacorde monochord n. after main hand (see main n.³) or classical Latin manus (compare manus n.¹): compare slightly earlier Middle French manicordiom manicordium n. Compare Old Occitan manicorda (c1200; Occitan manicòrdi), Catalan manacort (15th cent.), Italian manicordo (a1510), Portuguese manicorde (17th cent.).The rapid movements of the hands on its keyboard encouraged the application of the man- form of monochord to this instrument from the 15th cent., shortly after its invention (compare monochord n. 2).

Early Music.

= monochord n. 2 (occasionally also in sense 1).

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clavichord1484

clarichord1502

clarigold1558

manicordium1611

manichord1668

1668 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 378 Paid..for Ketty's Many-cords 01 06 00.

1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 381 For a moneths teaching of Katy and Alice on the harpsicalls and manicords 01 00 00.

1710 in E. W. Dunbar Soc. Life (1865) 15 I can play on the Treble and Gambo, Viol, Virginelles and Manichords.

1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe I. v. 170 The manicord, or claricorde, was a sort of spinet resembling the virginals.

1830 A. E. Bray Fitz of Fitz-ford II. vi. 134 She has a curious hand at the lute and the manichord.

1856 Southern Literary Messenger Sept. 193/1 He uncovered the manichord and trummed upon it; but he was all unskilled to elicit anything but dull discord from its muffled strings.

1870 Spiers & Surenne's French & Eng. Pronouncing Dict. 387/2 Manichordion, (mus.) manichord; dumb spinet.

1941 Speculum 16 66 The following list shows the chief instruments used in fourteenth-century England and France:... String instruments: plucked or struck. Gittern... Monochord... Clavicord or manichord.

1955 Monumenta Nipponica 11 207 The symbol is used today..in China for a manichord with an extremely subdued, mild and noble tone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	manichord
释义	manichordn. Brit. /ˈmanᵻkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈmænəˌkɔrd/ Forms: 1600s manycord, 1600s–1800s manicord, 1700s– manichord. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French manicorde. Etymology: < French manicorde (1539 in Middle French; compare Old French manacorde (12th cent.)), alteration of monacorde monochord n. after main hand (see main n.³) or classical Latin manus (compare manus n.¹): compare slightly earlier Middle French manicordiom manicordium n. Compare Old Occitan manicorda (c1200; Occitan manicòrdi), Catalan manacort (15th cent.), Italian manicordo (a1510), Portuguese manicorde (17th cent.).The rapid movements of the hands on its keyboard encouraged the application of the man- form of monochord to this instrument from the 15th cent., shortly after its invention (compare monochord n. 2). Early Music. = monochord n. 2 (occasionally also in sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > clavichord clavichord1484 clarichord1502 clarigold1558 manicordium1611 manichord1668 1668 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 378 Paid..for Ketty's Many-cords 01 06 00. 1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 381 For a moneths teaching of Katy and Alice on the harpsicalls and manicords 01 00 00. 1710 in E. W. Dunbar Soc. Life (1865) 15 I can play on the Treble and Gambo, Viol, Virginelles and Manichords. 1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe I. v. 170 The manicord, or claricorde, was a sort of spinet resembling the virginals. 1830 A. E. Bray Fitz of Fitz-ford II. vi. 134 She has a curious hand at the lute and the manichord. 1856 Southern Literary Messenger Sept. 193/1 He uncovered the manichord and trummed upon it; but he was all unskilled to elicit anything but dull discord from its muffled strings. 1870 Spiers & Surenne's French & Eng. Pronouncing Dict. 387/2 Manichordion, (mus.) manichord; dumb spinet. 1941 Speculum 16 66 The following list shows the chief instruments used in fourteenth-century England and France:... String instruments: plucked or struck. Gittern... Monochord... Clavicord or manichord. 1955 Monumenta Nipponica 11 207 The symbol is used today..in China for a manichord with an extremely subdued, mild and noble tone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1668
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