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gravicembalo
[ grav-i-chem-buh-loh, grah-vi- ]
noun
, plural grav·i·cem·ba·li [grav-i-, chem, -b, uh, -lee, grah-vi-], grav·i·cem·ba·los.
- a harpsichord.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gravicembalo1
1855–60; < Italian, alteration of clavicembalo harpsichord (by association with grave heavy); clavicembalo
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Example Sentences
Fétis, in his Biographie Universelle des Musiciens, even states that he wrote sonatas for gravicembalo.
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