Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Pleasing or agreeable to the ear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of agreeable articulate elements; well-sounding; euphonic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pleasant-
sounding ;agreeable to theear ; possessing or demonstratingeuphony .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
- adjective having a pleasant sound
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I see no objection to its being old," the Princess answered dryly, "but whatever else it is it's not euphonious," she went on, isolating the word euphonious as though between inverted commas, a little affectation to which the Guermantes set were addicted.
Swann's Way Marcel Proust 1896
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Write yourself fully and always Harriet Beecher Stowe, which is a name euphonious, flowing, and full of meaning.
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward 1889
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Write yourself fully and always Harriet Beecher Stowe, which is a name euphonious, flowing, and full of meaning.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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Since the word euphonious is an adjective meaning melodious, to say an euphonious keeps you smart would make a musician laugh and a professor scratch his head.
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“I see no objection to its being old,” the Princess answered dryly, “but whatever else it is it’s not euphonious,” she went on, isolating the word euphonious as though between inverted commas, a little affectation to which the
Swann's Way 2003
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The ancients thought of their _lives_ as woven on the loom of spiteful fates, whom they endeavored to humor by calling euphonious names.
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"Don't you mean 'euphonious'?" asked Migwan with a smile.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos 1924
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In her euphonious name we find both her family's fantasies and their poverty.
Why Juliet Could Never Be Plain Julie Claire Messud 2011
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I think that's a lot more euphonious than Gliese 581g.
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I think that's a lot more euphonious than Gliese 581g.
seanmeade commented on the word euphonious
what a beautiful sounding word! ;-)
April 6, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word euphonious
euphonous
December 21, 2010
1538619586 commented on the word euphonious
also there is euphonium
December 21, 2010