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Definition of Humstrum
1. n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
2. n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
Definition of Humstrum
1. Noun. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed. ¹
2. Noun. Music badly played. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humstrum
1. a hurdy-gurdy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humstrum
Literary usage of Humstrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"... the early part of the last century; at any rate, a somewhat degenerate form
was at that time to be found in Dorsetshire under the name of the humstrum. ..."
2. Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes (1863)
"... A humstrum, any where all round, An' zome can't tell a ... canister's tin
zide, Did reach, a glitt'ren, zide by zide, Above the humstrum's hollow back. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1905)
"The humstrum, he said, appeared to be a somewhat degenerate form of the rebec,
... He recited the Dorset poet's poem, "The humstrum," and, as an effective ..."
4. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ...by Francis Grose by Francis Grose (1823)
"humstrum. A musical instrument made of a ... See humstrum. HURLY BURLY. A rout,
riot, bustle, or confusion. HUSH.- Hush the cull; murder the fellow. ..."
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