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euphonious

eup·ho·nious

UK/juːˈfəʊ.nɪ.əs/ US/juˈfoʊ.ni.əs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

having a pleasant sound

  • “a euphonious trill of silver laughter”
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2.

(of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident

  • “her euphonious Southern speech”
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Origin

From euphonical + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality, commonly in abundance). Euphonical is derived from euphonic + -al (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’); with euphonic from euphony + -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’), and euphony borrowed from French euphonie, from Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), from εὐ- (eu-, prefix meaning ‘good, well’) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound; (human) voice; discourse, speech”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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