plectrum.
quill/ plectrum/pick (to strike strings of musical instrument); keyboard key;
Meaning & usage
a plectrum; tool for playing a stringed instrument
a lyre, lute
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron), from πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, sting”), also analyzable as plēctō + -trum.
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