adiaphon

noun

ad·​i·​a·​phon

ˈa-dē-ə-ˌfän

plural -s

: a keyboard instrument resembling the adiaphonon but having tuning forks instead of steel bars

Word History

Etymology

German, from New Latin adiaphonon

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

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