dulcet

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Her tones are dulcet, and her voice is so mellow and well modulated that I visualize her as another Venus.

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  1. adjective Pleasing to the ear; melodious.
  2. adjective Having a soothing, agreeable quality.
  3. adjective Archaic Sweet to the taste.

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  • It was a trilling, mellow, subdued sound, reminiscent of the song of some strange jungle bird, or the dulcet note of a wind filtering through a leafless forest. —  002 - The Land of Terror
  • "I'd never have known you but for your dulcet tone." —  Maguire, Gregory - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - UC [.html].htm
  • For Ellery he picked dulcet-toned Hugh Marlowe (1911-1982); for Inspector Queen the veteran Santos Ortega (1899-1976), whom Manny once described as "one of the most deceptive [voice] doubles I've ever heard"; for Sergeant Velie a long-forgotten actor who was replaced after a few months by gravel-voiced Ted de Corsia (1905-1973). —  EQMM, August 2005
  • We're assured in dulcet, devotional tones that, 'Beautifully slipcased, and including restored versions of the original illustrations, —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • The dulcet tones of a vibraphone and the shimmer of a cymbal ensure that the listener doesn't remain in slumber mode for too long though. —  DOA
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Alteration (influenced by Latin dulcis) of Middle English doucet, from Old French, diminutive of douce, feminine of doux, sweet, from Latin dulcis.

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  1. Altered, after L. dulcis, from Middle English doucet, sweet, from Old French doucet, French doucet (= Provencal dosset, dousset), diminutive of doux, feminine douce, from Latin dulcis, sweet. Cf. doucet.
 

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/ˈdəlsɛt/
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