euphony

  • 91harmony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. agreement, concurrence, concord; accompaniment; order, symmetry; tunefulness, euphony; congruity; proportion; unison; peace, amity, friendship. See music, unity, friend. Ant., discord. II (Roget s IV) …

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  • 92Melody — (Roget s Thesaurus) Concord. < N PARAG:Melody >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 melody melody rhythm measure Sgm: N 1 rhyme rhyme &c.(poetry) 597 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 pitch pitch timbre intonation tone …

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  • 93Voice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Voice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 voice voice Sgm: N 1 vocality vocality Sgm: N 1 organ organ lungs bellows Sgm: N 1 good voice good voice fine voice powerful voice &c.(loud) 404 …

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  • 94suffixes added to proper names — 1. The suffix most commonly used to form nouns and adjectives relating to people s names (usually writers, artists, composers, etc., or founders of dynasties) is an or ian, and one of the oldest formations of this type is Virgilian (first… …

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  • 95euphonous — adjective having a pleasant sound a euphonious trill of silver laughter • Syn: ↑euphonious • Ant: ↑cacophonous (for: ↑euphonious) • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 96eu|pho|ni|um — «yoo FOH nee uhm», noun. a brass musical instrument like a tuba, but having a mellower, deeper tone. ╂[< New Latin euphonium < Greek eúphōnos well sounding; see etym. under euphony (Cf. ↑euphony)] …

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  • 97A — ([.a] emph. [=a]). 1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [=a]n one. See {One}.] An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically. At a birth ; In a word ; At a blow . Shak. Note: It is placed before… …

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  • 98Do — (d[=o]), n. (Mus.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake… …

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  • 99Elison — E*li son, n. [L. elisio, fr. elidere, elisum, to strike out: cf. F. [ e]lision. See {Elide}.] 1. Division; separation. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or… …

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  • 100Euphoniad — Eu*pho ni*ad, n. [See {Euphony}.] (Mus.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments. [R.] …

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