{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY December 28, 2018 canorous

WORD OF THE DAY December 28, 2018

canorous    adjective | kuh-NOR-us     Definition   : pleasant sounding : melodious   Scroll down for more about canorous      TRENDING NOW: nebulous synergy slumgullion endgame SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   From 'Syllabub' to 'Sundae': A Dessert Course in 7 Words       'Cherpumple': 3 Words Packed Into 1     The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/21/18       Just What Does That 'Ae' Say?         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Naughty or Nice Quiz   He's making a quiz, and checking it twice...     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   In Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821), the author Thomas de Quincey describes a manservant who, after accidentally letting a loaded trunk fall down a flight of stairs, "sang out a long, loud, and canorous peal of laughter." Canorous typically describes things, such as church choirs or birds in the spring, that are a pleasure to listen to. It derives from the Latin verb canere ("to sing"), a root it shares with a number of words that evoke what is sweet to the ear, such as chant, canticle ("a song"), cantor ("a leader of a choir"), carmen ("a song, poem, or incantation"), and even accent.     Examples of CANOROUS   "His artistry, technical proficiency, and canorous melodies have an introspective yet uplifting feeling by virtue of the beauty and honesty that so naturally accompany the acoustic guitar." — Kevin Gillies, Noozhawk (Santa Barbara, California), 26 Nov. 2018   "There is an element of truth to that, but Zephyr—such a canorous hippie-child name—sang a populist tune not found in any Beltway progressive songbook." — Bill Kauffman, American Conservative, 1 Nov. 2014   Name That Antonym   Unscramble the letters to create an antonym of canorous: TDNISAROCD.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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