This week’s theme
Words differing by a letter

This week’s words
androgenic
ideophone
idiophone
thanatopsis
thanatosis

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ID-ee-uh-fon)

MEANING:

noun: Any musical instrument that produces sound through its own vibration without requiring any strings, membranes, etc. For example, the gong or the bell.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek idio- (one’s own) + -phone (sound). Earliest documented use: 1940.

USAGE:

“The score calls for a ... slit drum, which is an idiophone used throughout Africa and Southwest Asia.”
Eric Volmers; Universal Appeal; Calgary Herald (Canada); May 24, 2016.

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