† well-soundingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., sounding n.¹

Etymology: < well adv. + sounding n.¹ Compare earlier well-sounding adj.

Obsolete.

The quality of being melodious or pleasing to the ear.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody

melodyc1300

harmonyc1384

sweetness1398

melodiousness1530

tunableness1561

well-sounding1594

air1597

chime1608

suavity1614

melos1740

songfulness1850

tunefulness1882

tuniness1905

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 118 The good grace and well sounding of the pronunciation, not making the wordes ouer short or long.

1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. E Shall a Lute or a Citerne, brought out of Italy, bee put in a case of veluet, and laced with gold for well sounding?

1668 J. Dryden Def. Ess. Dramatic Poesie 9 in Indian Emperour (ed. 2) The copiousness and well sounding of our Language.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One 32 There is an use, which the Hebrew-accents are put unto in singing; for, they do in part design the Musick, and they have respect unto the Song; it is an help and direction to the well-sounding of words.

1803 Crit. Rev. Feb. 141 The author..has therefore ventured upon a new compound term, borrowed from the Greek, not only for the sake of the well-sounding of the word, but to avoid the coupling together of two parts of speech.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

well-soundingadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈsaʊndɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈsaʊndɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and sounding adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: well adv., sounding adj.¹

Etymology: < well adv. + sounding adj.¹, originally after post-classical Latin bene sonans (Vulgate, Psalm 150:5 (Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter)).

Having a full or resonant sound; melodious, tuneful; pleasing to the ear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adjective]

sweetc900

merryOE

well-soundingc1350

sootc1385

soundedc1450

honeyed1592

well-tuned1592

ear-tickling1605

mellisonanta1635

euphonical1668

euphonious1774

euphonous1805

euphonic1814

euphonistic1837

listenable1920

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious

sweetc900

merryOE

softc1230

accordanta1325

well-soundingc1350

cordant1382

sootc1385

songfula1400

melodiousa1425

sugaredc1430

well-toneda1500

tunable1504

dulcea1513

equivalenta1513

consonant?1521

harmonicala1527

harmoniousc1550

consorteda1586

Orphean1593

concentful1595

melodical1596

sweet-recording1598

tuneful1598

sirenical1599

high-tuned1603

nightingale-like1611

soundful?1615

according1626

modulaminous1637

undiscording1645

canorous1646

symphonious1652

concinnous1654

consonous1654

harmonic1667

sirenica1704

symphonial1773

concentual1782

chantant1785

Memnonian1800

melodized1807

Orphic1817

undiscordant1819

concentuous1850

fluting1852

melodic1871

well-orchestrated1872

jarless1876

tuny1885

tunesome1890

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cl. 5 Herieþ hym in cymbals wele sounand [L. in cymbalis bene sonantibus].

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. diii Looke also that thay be sonowre and well sowndyng and shil.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xii. 147 Weill soundand wriblis.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xix. lviii. 348 Trumpets, clarions, and well sounding bras.

1639 H. Glapthorne Argalus & Parthenia iii. 32 'Tis her voyce! The same well-sounding musick did inchant With its melodious harmony my heart.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 204 I am certain that the passed Tenses of sit and see, which are sat and saw, will not be well sounding if this Rule is observed.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 169 Beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet must not speak.

1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric iii. i. §5. 189 To be able to pour forth with fluency an unlimited quantity of well-sounding language.

1865 A. Thomas On Guard III. 40 The phrase was a nice, magnanimous, well-sounding one.

1924 H. Allen et al. Dict. Mod. Music & Musicians 258 His music is characterised by a well-sounding polyphony.

1958 Jrnl. Music Theory 2 95 Any well-sounding chord can then be built on C-sharp and F-sharp.

2004 N. N. Taleb Fooled by Randomness 95 Nature does not make jumps; people quote this in well-sounding Latin: Natura non facit saltus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-sounding
释义	† well-soundingn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., sounding n.¹ Etymology: < well adv. + sounding n.¹ Compare earlier well-sounding adj. Obsolete. The quality of being melodious or pleasing to the ear. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody melodyc1300 harmonyc1384 sweetness1398 melodiousness1530 tunableness1561 well-sounding1594 air1597 chime1608 suavity1614 melos1740 songfulness1850 tunefulness1882 tuniness1905 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 118 The good grace and well sounding of the pronunciation, not making the wordes ouer short or long. 1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. E Shall a Lute or a Citerne, brought out of Italy, bee put in a case of veluet, and laced with gold for well sounding? 1668 J. Dryden Def. Ess. Dramatic Poesie 9 in Indian Emperour (ed. 2) The copiousness and well sounding of our Language. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 32 There is an use, which the Hebrew-accents are put unto in singing; for, they do in part design the Musick, and they have respect unto the Song; it is an help and direction to the well-sounding of words. 1803 Crit. Rev. Feb. 141 The author..has therefore ventured upon a new compound term, borrowed from the Greek, not only for the sake of the well-sounding of the word, but to avoid the coupling together of two parts of speech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). well-soundingadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈsaʊndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈsaʊndɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and sounding adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: well adv., sounding adj.¹ Etymology: < well adv. + sounding adj.¹, originally after post-classical Latin bene sonans (Vulgate, Psalm 150:5 (Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter)). Having a full or resonant sound; melodious, tuneful; pleasing to the ear. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adjective] sweetc900 merryOE well-soundingc1350 sootc1385 soundedc1450 honeyed1592 well-tuned1592 ear-tickling1605 mellisonanta1635 euphonical1668 euphonious1774 euphonous1805 euphonic1814 euphonistic1837 listenable1920 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious sweetc900 merryOE softc1230 accordanta1325 well-soundingc1350 cordant1382 sootc1385 songfula1400 melodiousa1425 sugaredc1430 well-toneda1500 tunable1504 dulcea1513 equivalenta1513 consonant?1521 harmonicala1527 harmoniousc1550 consorteda1586 Orphean1593 concentful1595 melodical1596 sweet-recording1598 tuneful1598 sirenical1599 high-tuned1603 nightingale-like1611 soundful?1615 according1626 modulaminous1637 undiscording1645 canorous1646 symphonious1652 concinnous1654 consonous1654 harmonic1667 sirenica1704 symphonial1773 concentual1782 chantant1785 Memnonian1800 melodized1807 Orphic1817 undiscordant1819 concentuous1850 fluting1852 melodic1871 well-orchestrated1872 jarless1876 tuny1885 tunesome1890 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cl. 5 Herieþ hym in cymbals wele sounand [L. in cymbalis bene sonantibus]. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. diii Looke also that thay be sonowre and well sowndyng and shil. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xii. 147 Weill soundand wriblis. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xix. lviii. 348 Trumpets, clarions, and well sounding bras. 1639 H. Glapthorne Argalus & Parthenia iii. 32 'Tis her voyce! The same well-sounding musick did inchant With its melodious harmony my heart. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 204 I am certain that the passed Tenses of sit and see, which are sat and saw, will not be well sounding if this Rule is observed. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 169 Beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet must not speak. 1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric iii. i. §5. 189 To be able to pour forth with fluency an unlimited quantity of well-sounding language. 1865 A. Thomas On Guard III. 40 The phrase was a nice, magnanimous, well-sounding one. 1924 H. Allen et al. Dict. Mod. Music & Musicians 258 His music is characterised by a well-sounding polyphony. 1958 Jrnl. Music Theory 2 95 Any well-sounding chord can then be built on C-sharp and F-sharp. 2004 N. N. Taleb Fooled by Randomness 95 Nature does not make jumps; people quote this in well-sounding Latin: Natura non facit saltus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1594adj.c1350
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