euphonious

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  1. adjective Pleasing or agreeable to the ear.

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  • "Spinster" is equally uncomfortable, suggesting, as it does, corkscrew curls and immoderate attenuation of frame; while "maiden lady," which the ultra-punctilious substitute, is entirely too mincing for sensible, whole-souled people to countenance I dare say that more women would have the courage to remain unmarried were there so euphonious a title awaiting them as that of "bachelor," which, when shorn of its accompanying adjective "old," simply means unmarried The word "bachelor," too, has somewhat of a jaunty sound, implying to the sensitive ear that its owner could have been married--oh, several times over--if he had wished. —  The Love Affairs of an Old Maid
  • Finer in a vocal sense was Thalberg's touch than Liszt's; finer Henselt's than Thalberg's, because more euphonious, and nobler in tonal texture; and more poetic than either of these two was Chopin's ethereal touch. —  Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
  • Musical, euphonious, regal, "the crowned"! —  A Truthful Woman in Southern California
  • It is well worth the penny one gives for a bill to con over those rich, euphonious, delicious syllables--TEN THOUSAND A-YEAR! —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
  • Its natural manifestation is beautiful and euphonious, but its written expression increases in power and perfection under the guidance of the great Master The divine hand led me into a new world of light and Life, a fresh universe--old to God, but new to His "little one." —  Retrospection and Introspection
 

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  1. from Late Latin euphonia (from Greek εὐφωνία), euphony, + -ous. See euphonous.
 

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