pyramidon

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English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

pyramidon (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A yellowish-white powder used as an antipyretic.
Synonyms

French

Noun

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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