clangerous

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A form of clangorous — Making a clangor.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveclangerous (comparative more clangerous, superlative most clangerous)

comparative more clangerous · superlative most clangerous

  1. rareRare spelling of clangorous.

    ...all the church bells rang out in clangerous sympathy.

    1905, James Jesse Burns, Educational History of Ohio: A History of Its Progress Since the Formation of the State, page 411
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    The streets were muddy and wet; and in obedience to the summons of a clangerous bell announcing the hour...

    1873, Paul Gower, “A Rationalistic Story of English and American Life”, in The Index, volume 4, Free Religious Association, page 247

    Anything that sounds clangerous usually evokes more than one pitch.

    2016 September 2, David Huron, chapter 4, in Voice Leading: The Science Behind a Musical Art, MIT Press, pages 33–34
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