glassichord means A 19th-century musical instrument made of glass plates that are struck by hammers or sticks. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Etymology
From glass + -i- + chord.
noun
- A 19th-century musical instrument made of glass plates that are struck by hammers or sticks.“A patent has been granted for the combination of the glassichord with the piano; and in the same connexion an improvement has been made in the tones of the glassichord itself, by a more elastic mode of suspending the strips of glass than has been before used.”
- Synonym of glass harmonica.“He revived and improved the harmonica, or glassichord, and extended his speculations to the finer arts; showing that he could taste and criticise even the compositions of a Handel!”
- Anything that produces a similarly pure continuous sound.“The moveless, still air acted as a glassichord on the waters, which rang under the shrill voice of the singer.”