plectrum
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trəm Origin:
1620–30; < Latin plēctrum < Greek plêktron
1620–30; < Latin plēctrum < Greek plêktron
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| —n , pl -trums, -tra | |
| any implement for plucking a string, such as a small piece of plastic, wood, etc, used to strum a guitar, or the quill that plucks the string of a harpsichord | |
| [C17: from Latin plēctrum quill, plectrum, from Greek plektron, from plessein to strike] | |
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Word Origin & History
plectrum
1626, from L. plectrum, from Gk. plektron "thing to strike with" (pick for a lyre, cock's supr, spear point, etc.), from plek-, root of plessein "to strike."
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Example sentences
They have four to six steel strings, and are usually played with a plectrum.
If the crosspiece were as taut and unyielding as he was at that moment, a single stroke of the plectrum would break it.
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