harmony (noun)

  • 81blues — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: blue devils Date: 1741 1. low spirits ; melancholy < suffering a case of the blues > 2. a song often of lamentation characterized by usually 12 bar phrases, 3 line stanzas in which the …

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  • 82comity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Latin comitat , comitas, from comis courteous, probably from Old Latin cosmis, from com + smis (akin to Sanskrit smayate he smiles) more at smile Date: 1543 1. a …

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  • 83concent — noun Etymology: Latin concentus, from concinere to sing together, from com + canere to sing more at chant Date: 1585 archaic harmony …

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  • 84concinnity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Latin concinnitas, from concinnus skillfully put together Date: 1531 harmony or elegance of design especially of literary style in adaptation of parts to a whole or to each other …

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  • 85concord — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French concorde, from Latin concordia, from concord , concors agreeing, from com + cord , cor heart more at heart Date: 14th century 1. a. a state of agreement ; harmony b. a …

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  • 86consonance — noun Date: 15th century 1. harmony or agreement among components 2. a. correspondence or recurrence of sounds especially in words; specifically recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the …

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  • 87cosmos — noun Etymology: Greek kosmos Date: 1596 1. a. universe 1 b. (1) an orderly harmonious systematic universe compare chaos (2) order, harmony …

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  • 88diatessaron — noun Etymology: Greek (Euangelion) dia tessarōn, literally, Gospel out of four, from dia through, out of + tessarōn, genitive of tessares four more at dia , four Date: 1803 a harmony of the four Gospels edited and arranged into a single connected …

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  • 89disharmony — noun Date: circa 1602 lack of harmony ; discord • disharmonic adjective …

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  • 90ground bass — noun Date: 1696 a short bass passage continually repeated below constantly changing melody and harmony …

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