citole

[ sit-ohl, si-tohl ]

noun

1. cittern.

citole

/ ˈsɪtəʊl; sɪˈtəʊl /

noun

1. a rare word for cittern

Word History and Origins

Origin of citole¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin cit ( hara ) kithara + Middle French -ole diminutive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of citole¹

C14: from Old French, probably from Latin cithara cither

Example Sentences

It did indeed turn into the trusty guitar in due course, but not before it had cross-fertilised with another medieval instrument, the citole, whose chief successor in England was unhelpfully called the cittern.

From Literature

“Who taught you to build walls, my boy?” asked a young man with bright dark eyes and a citole over his shoulder.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr Galpin places the citole in the same class as the gittern. 

From Project Gutenberg

Herself shall bring us, hand in hand, To Him round whom all souls Kneel—the unnumber'd solemn heads Bowed with their aureoles: And Angels, meeting us, shall sing To their citherns and citoles.

From Project Gutenberg

This stained-glass imagery was so easy to copy that, before long, citoles and damoisels and aureoles and garths and glamours and all the rest of the picturesque furniture grew to be a burden.

From Project Gutenberg