canorousness

English

Etymology

From canorous +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænəɹəsnəs/

Noun

canorousness (uncountable)

1. (dated) The quality of being musical; melodiousness.
   • 1876, James Russell Lowell, “Spenser”, in Among My Books. Second Series., Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 184:

     He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.

Further reading

• “canorousness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.