Associations to the word «Viol»

Wiktionary

VIOL, noun. (musical instrument) A viola da gamba, a family of musical instruments that preceded the violin and viola and similar string instruments
VIOL, verb. To play the viol.

Dictionary definition

VIOL, noun. Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats