inharmonicaladj.
Not harmonical. †inharmonical relation, or relation inharmonical, in Music the same as false relation (obsolete).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]
hardOE
rudea1375
stern1390
rougha1400
discordanta1425
stoutc1440
hoarse1513
harsh1530
raughtish1567
rugged1567
dissonant1573
harshy1582
jarry1582
immelodious1601
cragged1605
raggeda1616
unmusicala1616
absonousa1620
unharmoniousa1634
inharmonical1683
unharmonic1694
inharmonious1715
craggy1774
pebbly1793
reedy1795
iron1807
dry1819
inharmonic1828
asperated1835
sawing1851
shrewd1876
coarse1879
callithumpian1886
dissonantal1946
ear-bending1946
sandpaper1953
1683 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 10) i. 16 'Tis very Inharmonical, therefore to be avoided.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Relation Inharmonical (in Musical Composition), a harsh Reflection of Flat against Sharp in a cross Form; viz. when some harsh and displeasing Discord is produc'd in comparing the present Note of another Part.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 372 It is shocking for a whole harmony to be inharmonical.
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