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Definition of Euphony
1. Noun. Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds. "He fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
Generic synonyms: Auditory Sensation, Sound
Specialized synonyms: Music Of The Spheres
Examples of category: Reharmonise, Reharmonize, Harmonise, Harmonize, Orchestrate, Instrument, Instrumentate, Transcribe
Derivative terms: Euphonic, Euphonical, Euphonious, Euphonious, Euphonous, Musical
Definition of Euphony
1. n. A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Definition of Euphony
1. Noun. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear. ¹
2. Noun. Good phonetic quality of certain words. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euphony
1. pleasant sound [n -NIES] : EUPHONIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphony
Literary usage of Euphony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Grammar: In which Words, Phrases, and Sentences are Classified by Stephen Watkins Clark (1866)
"Words of euphony are, in their offices, chiefly rhetorical. Rem—The Principles
of euphony are much required in the structure of all languages; for euphony, ..."
2. The Art of Discourse: A System of Rhetoric, Adapted for Use in Colleges and by Henry Noble Day (1872)
"THE oral properties of style include those of euphony and HARMONY. The ultimate
distinction between euphony and harmony as properties of language consists ..."
3. The Writing of English by John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert (1920)
"euphony AND RHYTHM There are two other qualities of the well-built sentence ...
One is euphony—produced by combination of harmonious sounds; the other, ..."
4. The Elements of Rhetoric by James De Mille (1882)
"By euphony is meant such a combination of letters and syllables in a word as may
afford ... euphony, therefore, appeals to the ear and elegance to the taste ..."
5. Elements of Rhetoric: Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée (1866)
"euphony, then, which is one of the essential or absolute properties of style, is
to be attained in various ways ; thus, the loudness of sound concerns its ..."
6. English Prose: Its Elements, History, and Usage by John Earle (1890)
"Variety of Sentence essential to euphony—Analogy between Music and literary
euphony—Handel—Musical relations of Poetry and Prose. . . . when the ear and ..."
7. Outlines of a Grammar of the Vei Language: Together with a Vei-English by Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle (1854)
"PHYSICAL LAW OF euphony. The Physical Law of euphony is the tendency of a ...
He also suggested the appellation of Physical and Psychical Laws of euphony. ..."
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