Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument used for measuring vocal sounds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.

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  • noun obsolete, nonce word An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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  • An instrument used for measuring vocal sounds.

    That certainly wasn't my first guess at it's meaning...

    October 18, 2007

  • I can't say this without my lips flapping up and down like ruzuzu's cardigan in a hurricane.

    December 9, 2009

  • I'd been wondering where my cardigan had gone.

    December 9, 2009

  • Rats! I hoped this word had something to do with skimpy underwear.

    May 15, 2010

  • It's too big to be skimpy.

    May 17, 2010