Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unmelodious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not melodious.

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  • adjective archaic Not melodious.

Etymologies

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im- +‎ melodious

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Examples

  • Her father was sounding the immelodious fish-horn which he called their signal corps.

    Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906

  • All around in the trees and shrubbery the katydids were rasping away in immelodious statement and denial of the ancient accusation.

    Southern Lights and Shadows William Dean Howells 1878

  • On such occasions the creature loses all self-command, its eyes shoot forth fiery flashes, and long and frightful howls respond to the immelodious concert of the mischievous bipeds.

    Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824

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