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English
Etymology 1
From pyramid + -on (after accordion, harmonicon etc.).
Noun
pyramidon (plural pyramidons)
- (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)
- (pharmacology) A yellowish-white powder used as an antipyretic.
Synonyms
French
Noun
pyramidon m (uncountable)
- (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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