canorousness

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/ˈkænəɹəsnəs/

noun

The quality of being musical; melodiousness.

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Meanings

nouncanorousness (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountableThe 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

Origin

From canorous + -ness.

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