I. ˈzithə(r), ˈzithə(r) noun
also zit·tern ˈzid.ə(r)n
( -s )
Etymology: zither from German, from Old High German zitera, cithara cittern, from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara; zittern alteration (influenced by cittern ) of zither
: a musical instrument consisting of a shallow soundboard set horizontally before the performer and overlaid with 30 to 40 strings some of which pass over a fretted fingerboard, are stopped with the left hand, and are played by a plectrum on the right thumb to produce the melody and the remainder of which are tuned in fourths and plucked by the fingers of the right hand — compare cittern
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II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to play on the zither