Literary notes about euphonious (AI summary)
Authors often employ "euphonious" to signal not only the pleasing sound of a word or name but also to suggest an elevated aesthetic or ironic undertone in language. In many writings, the term is used straightforwardly to denote beauty in sound—as when a name is praised for its melodious quality [1, 2, 3]—while in other contexts it becomes a subtle marker of irony, contrasting a name’s musicality with its unsuitability or absurdity [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, critics and creative voices alike use the word to underline the refined character of expressions or to imbue an ordinary term with a sense of deliberate charm, as seen when language is described as both articulate and gracefully arranged [7, 8, 9].
- It is clear, euphonious, and admirably adapted to poetry.
— from Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch) Botta - The Princess preferred to call him by his latter name, because it seemed to her the grander and also the more euphonious of the two.
— from The Village of Youth, and Other Fairy Tales by Bessie Hatton - [Pg 85] rhythmical, copious, elevated, flexible, smooth, dignified, terse, epigrammatic, felicitous, euphonious, elegant, and lofty.
— from Talks on Talking by Grenville Kleiser - It is the town of Swampville—a name perhaps more appropriate than euphonious.
— from The Wild Huntress: Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid - Lynch succeeded a worthy named Hearne—a nom de guerre , his enemies averred, for the less euphonious one of Herring.
— from Bits of Blarney by R. Shelton (Robert Shelton) Mackenzie - But then Ontario Moggs was such a long-legged, awkward, ugly, shambling fellow, and Moggs as a name was certainly not euphonious.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope - It is rare to find a writer who combines to such an extent the faculty of communicating feelings with the faculty of euphonious expression.
— from Michael FaradayThird Edition, with Portrait by J. H. (John Hall) Gladstone - Harmony is attained by the choice of euphonious words, and by their arrangement in an agreeable or rhythmical order.
— from Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter - He considered the English language "awkward," French "euphonious" and German "rationally spelt."
— from A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts by Thomas Leaming
