emmeleia

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The surf beating on the reef, the wind in the cocoanut-trees, entered into the volume of sound, and were mingled in the emmeleia,

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  1. In Gr. music: Consonance; concord; harmony.
  2. A formal tragic dance, or the music with which such a dance was accompanied.

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  • The surf beating on the reef, the wind in the cocoanut-trees, entered into the volume of sound, and were mingled in the emmeleia, —  Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
 

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  1. from Greek ἐμμέλεια, harmony, unison, from ἐμμελής, harmonious, in unison, from ἐν, in, + μίλος, song, harmony.
 

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