cromorne

[kroh-mawrn, kruh-]

cro·morne

[kroh-mawrn, kruh-]
noun

Origin:
1685–95; < French, alteration of German Krumhorn; see crumhorn
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Cromorne is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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cromorne

noun
a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) [syn: krummhorn
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