melodiousnessn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈləʊdɪəsnəs/, U.S.

/məˈloʊdiəsnəs/

Forms: see melodious adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: melodious adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < melodious adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being melodious; tunefulness, sweetness of sound.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody

melodyc1300

harmonyc1384

sweetness1398

melodiousness1530

tunableness1561

well-sounding1594

air1597

chime1608

suavity1614

melos1740

songfulness1850

tunefulness1882

tuniness1905

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 244/1 Melodyousnesse, melodie.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Melodiousness, fulness of melody, harmoniousness of Sound.

a1832 J. Bentham Chrestomathia in Wks. (1843) VIII. 191/2 The several properties..desirable in language, may be thus enumerated:—1. Clearness. 2. Correctness... 8. Melodiousness.

1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xlvi A Teutonesque consonantal language like ours, will, however polished, want sufficient melodiousness.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 136 I was also serenaded by a hooting owl. Near at hand you could fancy it the most melancholy sound in Nature,..made more awful by a certain gurgling melodiousness.

1904 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 116 Herrick owed most to his beloved ‘Ben’, whose full melodiousness emboldened his follower to rise above conceits.

1991 Creem Apr. 11/1 The band's latest single ‘Tragedy’ flirts with pop melodiousness while courting cold images of victimization and helplessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melodiousness
释义	melodiousnessn. Brit. /mᵻˈləʊdɪəsnəs/, U.S. /məˈloʊdiəsnəs/ Forms: see melodious adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: melodious adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < melodious adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being melodious; tunefulness, sweetness of sound. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody melodyc1300 harmonyc1384 sweetness1398 melodiousness1530 tunableness1561 well-sounding1594 air1597 chime1608 suavity1614 melos1740 songfulness1850 tunefulness1882 tuniness1905 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 244/1 Melodyousnesse, melodie. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Melodiousness, fulness of melody, harmoniousness of Sound. a1832 J. Bentham Chrestomathia in Wks. (1843) VIII. 191/2 The several properties..desirable in language, may be thus enumerated:—1. Clearness. 2. Correctness... 8. Melodiousness. 1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xlvi A Teutonesque consonantal language like ours, will, however polished, want sufficient melodiousness. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 136 I was also serenaded by a hooting owl. Near at hand you could fancy it the most melancholy sound in Nature,..made more awful by a certain gurgling melodiousness. 1904 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 116 Herrick owed most to his beloved ‘Ben’, whose full melodiousness emboldened his follower to rise above conceits. 1991 Creem Apr. 11/1 The band's latest single ‘Tragedy’ flirts with pop melodiousness while courting cold images of victimization and helplessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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