canorousadj.
/kəˈnɔːrəs/, U.S. /kəˈnɔrəs/ Singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective]
loudc897
shillOE
brightOE
shillinga1225
soundingc1374
ringingc1400
sonore?c1400
resoundingc1425
sonousc1429
resoundable?c1500
soundish1530
high-sounding1560
singing1565
resonant1572
trolling1581
rumbelow1582
sonorous1611
canorous1646
remugient1660
retentive1728
fullish1770
pealing1794
resonating1845
plangent1858
resonatory1880
timbrous1929
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
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xiv. 368 Birds that are canorous..as Nightingales..Canary birds and Larkes. View more context for this quotation
1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry vii. xii The keeper of the manor house [i.e. a dog]..of a vast canorous bark.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 321 The black-bird..is a beautiful and a canorous bird.
1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 25 A long, loud, and canorous peal of laughter.
Derivatives
caˈnorously adv.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb]
brightOE
shilla1250
shillya1400
sonorously1595
resoundingly1611
canorously1680
resonantly1685
sonoriferously1693
soundingly1697
twangingly1825
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 293 The voice..as of a Trumpet talking loudly or canorously with him.
caˈnorousness n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > resonant quality
fullness1440
shillness1486
sonority1623
resonance1669
sonorousness1669
soundingness1727
sonorosity1772
sonoriety1828
plangency1858
canorousness1870
ringingness1874
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 184 He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.
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adj.1646- keep noise
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