canorous

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A whisp of a canorous clarinet or a rumbling rattle is all it takes for a kind of instant transport to a far-off time and place.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

She would solicit thus, canorous of phrase, a fan of her cardboard likenesses held out, invitational.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

But no English poet can write English poetry except in English,—that is, in that compound of Teutonic and Romanic which derives its heartiness and strength from the one and its canorous elegance from the other.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various

Lafcadio Hearn, with his shy, sensitive nature, would have shuddered at the "plangent phrases and canorous orismology" that have been bestowed upon him by his friends.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.

The graceful trio and canorous brilliancy of this dance make it a favored number.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James