poliphantn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlɪf(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈpɑləf(ə)nt/

Forms: 1600s–1700s 1900s– poliphant, 1900s– polyphant.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: polyphone n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of polyphone n., although the motivation for this is unclear.

Now historical.

A musical instrument having a large number of wire strings and resembling a lute; = polyphone n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute

tamboura1585

orpharion1593

theorbo1605

stumpa1623

polyphone1655

polythore1661

poliphant1664

dyphone1676

archlute1728

oud1738

chitarrone1740

pandoura1797

pipa1838

yüeh ch'in1839

tamboura1864

saz1870

laud1876

opheriona1922

tiorba1940

plectrum lute1970

1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) Pref. sig. A6 Queen Elizabeth..did often recreate her self on an Excellent Instrument called the Poliphant, not much unlike a Lute, but strung with Wire.

1756 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. (ed. 3) Pref. p. v Queen Elizabeth was a great Practitioner on the Poliphant, a Wire Instrument like a Lute.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 15 Elizabeth was a performer on the violin, and on an instrument something like a lute, but strung with wire, and called the poliphant.

1923 J. Pulver Dict. Old Eng. Music 176 Poliphant, a plucked instrument of which next to nothing is known.

1968 New Oxf. Hist. Music IV. xiii. 727 The drawing of the polyphant in Randle Holmes's Academy of Armory suggests a flat bandora-body surmounted by a harp-like frame.

1985 FOMRHI Q. Oct. 18 This Ukranian [sic] folk instrument..could easily have had as an ancestor, the ‘pandora’ invented by Piccinini (related to the English polyphant).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poliphant
释义	poliphantn. Brit. /ˈpɒlɪf(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpɑləf(ə)nt/ Forms: 1600s–1700s 1900s– poliphant, 1900s– polyphant. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: polyphone n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of polyphone n., although the motivation for this is unclear. Now historical. A musical instrument having a large number of wire strings and resembling a lute; = polyphone n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute tamboura1585 orpharion1593 theorbo1605 stumpa1623 polyphone1655 polythore1661 poliphant1664 dyphone1676 archlute1728 oud1738 chitarrone1740 pandoura1797 pipa1838 yüeh ch'in1839 tamboura1864 saz1870 laud1876 opheriona1922 tiorba1940 plectrum lute1970 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) Pref. sig. A6 Queen Elizabeth..did often recreate her self on an Excellent Instrument called the Poliphant, not much unlike a Lute, but strung with Wire. 1756 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. (ed. 3) Pref. p. v Queen Elizabeth was a great Practitioner on the Poliphant, a Wire Instrument like a Lute. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 15 Elizabeth was a performer on the violin, and on an instrument something like a lute, but strung with wire, and called the poliphant. 1923 J. Pulver Dict. Old Eng. Music 176 Poliphant, a plucked instrument of which next to nothing is known. 1968 New Oxf. Hist. Music IV. xiii. 727 The drawing of the polyphant in Randle Holmes's Academy of Armory suggests a flat bandora-body surmounted by a harp-like frame. 1985 FOMRHI Q. Oct. 18 This Ukranian [sic] folk instrument..could easily have had as an ancestor, the ‘pandora’ invented by Piccinini (related to the English polyphant). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664
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