symphonious

English

Etymology

From sym- (“together”) +‎ phone (“sound”) +‎ -ious.

Adjective

symphonious (comparative more symphonious, superlative most symphonious)

  1. Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.
    The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall.
    • 1815 (date written), [Thomas Love Peacock], chapter XI, in Headlong Hall, London: […] [S. Gosnell] for T[homas] Hookham, Jun. and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, pages 146–147:
      Sleep during this interval was out of the question: […] the songs of Hoel and Cyveilioc, to ring to the profaner but more lively modulation of Voulez vous danser, Mademoiselle? [Do you want to dance, miss?] in conjunction with the symphonious scraping of fiddles, the tinkling of triangles, and the beating of tambourines.

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