canorousness


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ca·no·rous

 (kə-nôr′əs, kăn′ər-əs)
adj.
Richly melodious; tuneful: "Edward R. Murrow's canorous broadcasts of the blitz of London" (Newsweek).
[From Latin canōrus, from canor, tune, from canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]
ca·no′rous·ly adv.
ca·no′rous·ness n.
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