Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Pleasing or agreeable to the ear.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of agreeable articulate elements; well-sounding; euphonic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pleasant-sounding; agreeable to the ear; possessing or demonstrating euphony.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
  • adjective having a pleasant sound

Etymologies

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euphony +‎ -ous (“possessing”).

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  • what a beautiful sounding word! ;-)

    April 6, 2007

  • euphonous

    December 21, 2010

  • also there is euphonium

    December 21, 2010