canorousness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkænəɹəsnəs/
Etymology
From canorous + -ness.
Meanings
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(dated, uncountable) 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: