symphonious
adjEtymology From sym- (“together”) + phone (“sound”) + -ious.
1
Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.
- The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall.
- Sleep during this interval was out of the question: […] the songs of Hoel and Cyveilioc, to ring to the profaner but more lively modulation of Voulez vous danser, Mademoiselle? [Do you want to dance, miss?] in conjunction with the symphonious scraping of fiddles, the tinkling of triangles, and the beating of tambourines.1815 (date written), [Thomas Love Peacock], chapter XI, in Headlong Hall, London: […] [S. Gosnell] for T[homas] Hookham, Jun. and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, pages 146–147:
- Synonyms
- harmonious
- Derived terms
- symphoniousness, unsymphonious
- Related terms
- symphony, symphoniously, euphonious