[dul.ci.mer] n [ME dowcemere, fr. MF doulcemer, fr. OIt dolcimelo, fr. dolce sweet, fr. L dulcis] (15c) 1: a stringed instrument of trapezoidal shape played with light hammers held in the hands
2. or dul.ci.more : an American folk instrument with three or four strings stretched over an elongate fretted sound box that is held on the lap and played by plucking or strumming