pyramidon

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English

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Etymology 1

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From pyramid + -on (after accordion, harmonicon etc.).

Noun

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pyramidon (plural pyramidons)

  1. (music) An organ stop having wooden pipes in the form of an inverted pyramid, giving very deep notes somewhat like those of a stopped diapason. [from 19th c.]

Etymology 2

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From German Pyramidon, corresponding to pyr(azolone) + amid(e) +‎ -on.

Noun

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pyramidon (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A yellowish-white powder used as an antipyretic. [from 19th c.]
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French

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Noun

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pyramidon m (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, now rare) pyramidon
    • 1921, Marcel Proust, Le Côté de Guermantes:
      « Elle me donne tous les jours de tels maux de tête que je suis obligée de prendre chaque fois un cachet de pyramidon. »
      "She gives me such bad headaches every day that I have to take a pyramidon tablet every time."

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