Euphony

/ˈjuːfəni/ · noun

Meaning

A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear..

Definitions by Sense

1. A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
2. The tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation.

Example Sentences

When I hear you speak, I hear beautiful euphony.

A correspondent of The American has taken exception to the use, in a recent paragraph in this column, of the word “electrocution.” The writer of the paragraph referred to is conscious that the word, like other etymological hybrids, lacks euphony and consistency; but during the formative period succeeding the introduction of a new idea not yet provided with a verbal exponent, the safest course is to follow general popular usage. The idea must be expressed, and the choice lies between a cumbrous word and a cumbrous sentence, the former of which seems the lesser evil. “Electrocution” has been widely used, even by scientific men, while the only plausible alternative thus far suggested—“electrothany”—though possessing the merit of unmixed ancestry, is inadequate in that it carries no penal signification.

Mandalay. In the name there was a euphony which beckoned to the imagination, yet this was the bitter, withered reality.

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• euphonies

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