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Definition of Euphonious

1. Adjective. Having a pleasant sound. "A euphonious trill of silver laughter"

2. Adjective. (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident. "Her euphonious Southern speech"

Definition of Euphonious

1. a. Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.

Definition of Euphonious

1. Adjective. Pleasant-sounding; agreeable to the ear; possessing or demonstrating euphony. ¹

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Definition of Euphonious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphonious

euphenic euphenics euphist euphists euphobia euphobias euphon euphonia euphonias euphonic

euphonical euphonically euphonicon euphonicons euphonies euphonious (current term) euphoniously euphoniousness euphonism euphonisms

euphonium euphoniumist euphoniumists euphoniums euphonize euphonized euphonizes euphonizing euphonon euphonons

Literary usage of Euphonious

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

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"I know a man who rejoices in the euphonious name of Hirer Jordan. He occupies the post of an under clerk in an iron works, and is a local preacher among the ..."

2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... and Phobus are not, perhaps, very euphonious names ; but astronomers will not lightly reject the authority of Homer. Eton, September 29 HG MADAN On the ..."

3. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the by Alfred Ayres (1881)
"Why some writers use more and most to compare it, it is not easy to see ; this mode of comparing it is certainly not euphonious. Oh—O. It is only the most ..."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"In former editions, he says in a note, " I have adopted this (as it sounds to my ears) very euphonious epithet from a little poem called " The Error» of Ec- ..."

5. Life and Times in Hopkinton, N.H. by Charles Chase Lord (1890)
"Some of the soldiers of the First Regiment were in it again in 1782 and 1783.) euphonious NAMES. AMESBURY River, another name for Warner river, which enters ..."

6. A History of Presbyterianism in New England: Its Introduction, Growth, Decay by Alexander Blaikie (1881)
"He (with his elder, Moses Bar- nett, and the church and congregation by them represented) was now officially admitted. euphonious names of aboriginal origin ..."

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