humstrumn.

/ˈhʌmˈstrʌm/

Etymology: < hum v.¹ + strum v., the combination being favoured by the jingling effect of the whole: compare helter-skelter, hurry-scurry.

1. A musical instrument of rude construction or out of tune; a hurdy-gurdy.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy

wind-broach1653

humstrum1739

tetrachordon1740

hurdy-gurdy1749

vielle1768

celestinette1774

claviole1813

harmonichord1835

piano-violin1859

organistrum1867

humpenscrumpa1916

1739 T. Gray Let. 12 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 103 Cracked voices..accompanied by an orchestra of humstrums.

1763 B. Thornton in Ann. Reg. 245 (note) This instrument [hurdy-gurdy] is sometimes called a hum-strum.

1779 Wedgwood in Smiles Life (1894) xviii. 232 My girl is quite tired out with her miserable hum-strum [spinet].

1821 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 246 I..sat at my old humstrum, and boggled through a given number of Bach's fugues.

2. ‘Music, esp. indifferently played music’ (Ogilvie 1882).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	humstrum
释义	humstrumn. /ˈhʌmˈstrʌm/ Etymology: < hum v.¹ + strum v., the combination being favoured by the jingling effect of the whole: compare helter-skelter, hurry-scurry. 1. A musical instrument of rude construction or out of tune; a hurdy-gurdy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > hurdy-gurdy wind-broach1653 humstrum1739 tetrachordon1740 hurdy-gurdy1749 vielle1768 celestinette1774 claviole1813 harmonichord1835 piano-violin1859 organistrum1867 humpenscrumpa1916 1739 T. Gray Let. 12 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 103 Cracked voices..accompanied by an orchestra of humstrums. 1763 B. Thornton in Ann. Reg. 245 (note) This instrument [hurdy-gurdy] is sometimes called a hum-strum. 1779 Wedgwood in Smiles Life (1894) xviii. 232 My girl is quite tired out with her miserable hum-strum [spinet]. 1821 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 246 I..sat at my old humstrum, and boggled through a given number of Bach's fugues. 2. ‘Music, esp. indifferently played music’ (Ogilvie 1882). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1739
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