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fiddlestring

noun

Etymology

From fiddle + string.

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻ — “rope, cord, strand; to tighten”
  2. inherited from *strangiz✻ — “string”
  3. inherited from *strangi✻
  4. inherited from strenġ
  5. inherited from string
  6. compounded as fiddlestring — “fiddle + string”

Definitions

  1. One of the strings of a fiddle.

    • Fiddlestrings used to be made of catgut.

  2. The frenulum of the penis

    The frenulum of the penis; penile frenulum.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA