Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marxophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: marx-o-phone
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fretless zither played via a system of metal hammers.

Etymology

From Marx + -o- + -phone, after Henry Charles Marx (1875–1947), who patented the design of its hammer mechanism.

Inflected Forms

Marxophones (plural)

Questions

What does marxophone mean?: A fretless zither played via a system of metal hammers.
Where does marxophone come from?: From Marx + -o- + -phone, after Henry Charles Marx (1875–1947), who patented the design of its hammer mechanism.

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