canorousness

noun

canorousness

noun

/ˈkænəɹəsnəs/

Etymology From canorous + -ness.

1

Dated The quality of being musical; melodiousness.

  • He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.1876, James Russell Lowell, “Spenser”, in Among My Books. Second Series., Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 184:

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