单词 | overnote |
释义 | overnoten. rare. A note heard through or above other sounds; an overtone. (In quots. figurative.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone > undertones, overtones, etc. harmonic1772 undertone1832 subtone1838 by-tone1852 overtone1867 upper partial1873 overnote1917 1917 J. Conrad Shadow-line 204 He..burst into..a loud laugh... It was a provoking, mocking peal, with a hair-raising, screeching over-note of defiance. 1922 F. S. Fitzgerald Beautiful & Damned ii. ii. 256 In his answer..there was..a bitter overnote that lingered for a moment in those three minds before it floated up and off. 1989 Toronto Star (Nexis) 28 May d1 Searching out and blending and capturing in a bottle the light floral overnotes and spicy pungent undernotes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917 |
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