dulcisonant
dulcisonant adjective: sweetly sounding.
Adjective
dulcisonant (comparative more dulcisonant, superlative most dulcisonant)
- Sweetly sounding.
- Dulciſonant (dulciſonus) that ſounds ſweetly.[1656, T[homas] B[lount], Glossographia: or a Dictionary Interpreting All Such Hard Words, Whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Teutonick, Belgick, British or Saxon, as Are Now...
- Soft Eccho’s ore the Wall did oft deſcend / Of Harmony, and all around diſtend / Dulciſonant, with Cloſes raviſhing, / Which perfum’d Blaſts of Æthur hither bring.1702, M. Smith, The Vision, or a Prospect of Death, Heav’n and Hell. With a Description of the Resurrection and the Day of Judgment. A Sacred Poem., London: […] Andrew Bell, page 90
Examples of dulcisonant in a sentence
- Your words are as gracious, and your voice as dulcisonant as an angel’s;1861, Bracebridge Hemyng, The Dark Cloud with the Silver Lining, London: James Blackwood, page 379:
- A voice as dulcisonant as that of Hebe or the tones which flowed from the lute of Apollo fell upon his ears.1864 April 16, “The Bondage of Brandon”, in The London Reader of Literature, Science, Art, and General Information, volume II, number 49...
- Long ere the last modulation had died from the lips of the songstress, / That soft dulcisonant queen, most honour’d by men in the wond’ring, / Amaranth lov’d Basilissa;1869, Compton Reade, Basilissa; The Free of a Secret Craft. A Poem., Oxford: T. & G. Shrimpton; London: Whittaker & Co., page 12:
- Blue-pinioned swallows soar on graceful wing; / Their odes dulcisonant, delight to sing.2020, Pope Urban VIII, Robert Nixon, transl., “In Praise of the Countryside”, in Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry...
Forms of dulcisonant
| comparative | more dulcisonant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dulcisonant |
Origin of dulcisonant
From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) + sonāns, present participle of sonō (“to sound”), after Latin dulcisonus.
Questions about dulcisonant
- What does dulcisonant mean?
- Dulcisonant means sweetly sounding.
- How do you use dulcisonant in a sentence?
- Your words are as gracious, and your voice as dulcisonant as an angel’s;
- What part of speech is dulcisonant?
- Dulcisonant is an adjective.
Words near dulcisonant in the dictionary
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