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viola d’amore

vi·o·la d'a·mo·re [ vee lə daa máw rày ] (plural vi·o·las d'a·mo·re)


noun 
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old fretless stringed instrument: a fretless stringed instrument of the viol family with six or seven strings and a second set of strings that are not played but are made to vibrate by the first set sympathetic strings

[Late 17th century. < Italian, "viol of love"]
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