Definition of Canorousness

1. n. The quality of being musical.

Definition of Canorousness

1. Noun. The quality of being musical. ¹

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Definition of Canorousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canorousness

canoodlings
canophilia
canopic
canopic jar
canopic jars
canopic vase
canopied
canopies
canopy
canopy bed
canopy beds
canopying
canopylike
canorous
canorously
canorousness (current term)
canorousnesses
canrenone
cans
cansful
canso
cansos
canst
canstick
cansticks
cant
cant dog
cant hook
cant hooks

Literary usage of Canorousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning. To characterize his style in a single word, I should call it costly. ..."

2. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"... about his business, spring from a secret persuasion of their more noble harmony, their more ear-bewitching canorousness ? And yet he no doubt recited ..."

3. The Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell (1892)
"... about his business, spring from a secret persuasion of their more noble harmony, their more ear-bewitching canorousness ? And yet he no doubt recited ..."

4. Philosophy of Rhetoric: By John Bascom by John Bascom (1882)
"23. lie chooses his language for its canorousness.— [Lowell.] 24. . . . whose tendency it certainly is to become languorous.—[Lowell.] 25. ..."

5. Literary and Political Addresses by James Russell Lowell (1904)
"... ear- bewitching canorousness ? And yet he no doubt recited those verses in a fashion which would have disqualified them as barbarously for the ear of an ..."

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