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theorbo
[ thee-awr-boh ]
/ θiˈɔr boʊ /
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noun, plural the·or·bos.
an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
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Origin of theorbo
1595–1605; <Italian teorba, variant of tiorba, special use of Venetian tiorba, variant of tuorba traveling bag ≪ Turkish torba bag; so called from the bag it was carried in
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the·or·bist, nounWords nearby theorbo
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British Dictionary definitions for theorbo
theorbo
/ (θɪˈɔːbəʊ) /
noun plural -bos
music an obsolete form of the lute, having two necks, one above the other, the second neck carrying a set of unstopped sympathetic bass strings
Derived forms of theorbo
theorbist, nounWord Origin for theorbo
C17: from Italian teorba, probably from Venetian, variant of tuorba travelling bag, ultimately from Turkish torba bag
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