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Definition of Cacophonies
1. cacophony [n] - See also: cacophony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacophonies
Literary usage of Cacophonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... to systematise apparent anomaly—Mr. Bridges' view—Discussion of it—Contrast
of it with our system —The printing argument — cacophonies—The "scanned not ..."
2. Richard Strauss, the Man and His Works by Henry Theophilus Finck (1917)
"Not content, like Liszt and the other great masters, with dissonances which
ultimately are resolved into consonances, he "progressed" to cacophonies for ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1900)
"The child is drilled in such combinations until he loses his sense of euphony,
and acquires a habit of making English sentences with villainous cacophonies. ..."
4. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"One of the most striking things about his contributions to English thought was
their style, which contrasted so favourably with the cacophonies of the ..."
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