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canorous, a.|kəˈnɔərəs| [f. L. canōr-us melodious (f. canor song, f. canĕre to sing) + -ous.] Singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xiv. 368 Birds that are canorous..as Nightingales..Canary birds and Larkes. 1745tr. Columella's Husb. vii. xii, The keeper of the manor house [i.e. a dog]..of a vast canorous bark. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. 171 A beautiful & a canorous bird. 1822De Quincey Confess. Wks. V. 94 A long, loud, and canorous peal of laughter. Hence caˈnorously adv., caˈnorousness.
1680H. More Apocal. Apoc. 293 The voice..as of a Trumpet talking loudly or canorously with him. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 184 He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning. |