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euphonious

adj
/juːˈfəʊ.nɪ.əs/UK/juˈfoʊ.ni.əs/US

Etymology

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).

  1. derived from *bʰeh₂-✻ — “to say, speak”
  2. derived from εὐφωνία
  3. borrowed from euphonie

Definitions

  1. Of sounds, especially speech

    Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.

    • Before I ſet forward on my travels, I choſe to change my name from Collier to Coglioni or Collioni, as more euphonious; […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA