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mandolute en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmændə(ˌ)luːt/

Etymology

Blend of mandolin + lute.

Meanings

1. A musical instrument similar to a mandolin, but larger.
   • Not content with flailing at the playwright and the movement that had nurtured him ("the little theater of cheesecloth and mandolutes"), De Voto attacked the Theater Guild, charging that its resources and prestige, its "power to compel the admiration of multitudes," where chiefly responsible for elevating O'Neill to "a grandeur" he did not deserve. 2002, Louis Sheaffer, O'Neill: Son and Artist, page 460:

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