violist

vi·o·la ¹

V0109100 (vē-ō′lə)n.1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and having a deeper, more sonorous tone.2. An organ stop usually of eight-foot or four-foot pitch yielding stringlike tones.

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[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old Provençal, a kind of early viol, ultimately of imitative origin (probably back formation from violar, to play the viol, from *viu, sound imitative of a hurdy-gurdy or viol).]

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vi·o′list n.

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vi·o·la ²

V0109200 (vī-ō′lə, vē-, vī′ə-lə)n. Any of various plants of the genus Viola, which includes the violets and pansies, especially certain ornamental varieties that are usually more compact than pansies and have smaller flowers without a blotch on the petals.

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[Middle English, from Latin; akin to Greek ion (both Greek and Latin from a common unknown Mediterranean source ).]

violist

(vɪˈəʊlɪst) n (Music, other) a person who plays the viola

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violist

(ˈvaɪəlɪst) n (Music, other) a person who plays the viol. Also (archaic): violer

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violist - a musician who plays the viola instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

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