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citole

(ˈsɪtəʊl; sɪˈtəʊl)
n
(Instruments) a rare word for cittern
[C14: from Old French, probably from Latin cithara cither]
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Noun1.citole - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire stringscitole - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
cithern, cittern, gittern, cither
guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
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Referring to Rossetti's "The Blessed Damozel," Buchanan complains: "On the whole, one feels disheartened and amazed at the poet who, in the nineteenth century, talks about 'damozels,' 'citherns,' and 'citoles.'" As we can see, Buchanan allies himself with the nineteenth-century present, against Rossetti's attempt to reclaim the diction of an idealized past.
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