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Archives'Tis Latin for "lyre" (m)
in reply to a message by Siri
A lyre being a musical instrument. And here's what the handy-dandy dictionary has to say about "lyre"'s etymology:
Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek lura.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
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Middle English lire, from Old French, from Latin lyra, from Greek lura.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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