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unisonous

unisonous adjective: being in unison; unisonant.

Adjective

unisonous (not comparable)

  1. Being in unison; unisonant.
    • Hitherto all the singing in the American churches had been unisonous, the melody only having been sung; but in 1720 a book of tunes in threo parts, "Cantus," "Medius" and "Basus," was published by Rev. Thomas Walter.1860, Lowell Mason, Edwards Amasa Park, Austin Phelps, The Sabbath hymn and tune book, page iii
    Synonyms:
    unisonant, unisonal

Synonyms of unisonous

Origin of unisonous

From unison + -ous.

Questions about unisonous

What does unisonous mean?
Unisonous means being in unison; unisonant.
What part of speech is unisonous?
Unisonous is an adjective.

Words near unisonous in the dictionary

  1. unisonal
  2. unisonally
  3. unisonance
  4. unisonant
  5. unisonoric
  6. unisonous
  7. unisons
  8. unisorous
  9. unisotropic
  10. unisparker
  11. unisparkers

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