Meaning of EUPHONY
| Pronunciation: | | 'yoofunee
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| | Definition: | | [n] any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" |
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| | Synonyms: | | music |
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| | See Also: | | auditory sensation, music of the spheres, sound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Eu"pho*ny\, n.; pl. {Euphonies}. [L. euphonia, Gr. ?,
fr. ? sweet-voiced; ? well + ? sound, voice; akin to ? to
speak: cf. F. euphonie.]
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of
sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is
pleasing to the ear.
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| | Related Terms: | | accord, accordance, attune, attunement, balance, beauty, chime, chiming, concentus, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, consonance, consonancy, consort, diapason, equilibrium, harmonics, harmony, heavy harmony, homophony, measure, measuredness, monochord, monody, order, orderedness, proportion, rhythm, sweetness, symmetry, symphony, synchronism, synchronization, three-part harmony, tune, unison, unisonance |
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