canorous

Feb. 15th, 2019 07:46 am
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canorous (kah-NOR-uhs, KAN-ohr-uhs) - adj., (rare) melodious, tuneful, resonant.


Nothing to do with dogs. From Latin canōrus, from canere, to sing -- so cognate of cantor.

---L.
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