Canorous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canorous \Ca*no"rous\, a. [L. canorus, from nor melody, fr.
     canere to sing.]
     Melodious; musical. "Birds that are most canorous." --Sir T.
     Browne.
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           A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canorous
       adj : richly melodious [syn: {songful}]