Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
euphonic .
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- adjective archaic
euphonious ; pleasing to the ear
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- adjective of or relating to or characterized by euphony
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Examples
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"Syracuse" was atoned for by the more appropriate and euphonical old
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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In French we have them all masculine, strictly speaking, le printemps, l'été, l'automne, l'hiver; but by one of the very few licenses permitted in French grammar, autumn occasionally becomes feminine, in a sense half poetical, half euphonical.
Rural Hours 1887
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Another party, possessing the equally euphonical name of "Old Hunkers," are thus described: -- "Standing midway between this wing of the Democracy and the Whig party, is that portion who have taken upon themselves the comfortable title of 'Old Hunkers. '
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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