canorous

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin canōrus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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canorous (comparative more canorous, superlative most canorous)

  1. melodious
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      Unfortunately Watt was thinking of birds at the time, their missile flights, their canorous reloadings.
  2. resonant

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