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canorous
Ca`no“rous
Adj. 1. canorous - richly melodious
songful
melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"
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never heard this one.  where are these coming from, Dr. Bill?
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Dear Roger: I have discovered a new dictionary that gives about a dozen other words in addition to one you looked up. I start with one from Wordsmith's list, and then see others
worth posting. Sadly, the defintions are not as good as
Webster1913. But much handier.
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I wouder whether cantor and canorous are related. Certainly canorous and sonorous would be.
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Thanks, Faldage. And wouldn't 'canorous cantor' be redundant whereas 'sonorous cantor' wouldn't?
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Dear WW: your "redundant" suggest listing synonyms:
tautology [tɔ¢°'tɒlədʒ©„]
noun
(plural: -gies)
1 the use of words that merely repeat elements of the meaning already conveyed, as in the sentence Will these supplies be adequate enough? in place of Will these supplies be adequate?
2 (Logic) a statement that is always true, esp. a truth-functional expression that takes the value true for all combinations of values of its components, as in either the sun is out or the sun is not out
Compare: inconsistency [3], contingency [5]
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Late Latin tautologia, from Greek, from tautologos]
tautological [ˌtɔ¢°tə'lɒdʒ©„kəl]
"tauto'logic, tau'tologous adjective
"tauto'logically, tau'tologously adverb(ial)
pleonasm ['pli¢°əˌn©”zəm]
noun
(Rhetoric)
1 the use of more words than necessary or an instance of this, such as a tiny little child
2 a word or phrase that is superfluous
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos excess, from pleonazein to be redundant]
"pleo'nastic adjective
"pleo'nastically adverb(ial)
Can you add to the list?
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Well, let's see. Tautological statements can also be meaningless because they are all-inclusive: "He's either coming or going." Well, yes, and what have you said, finally? Nothing.
We have tautological statements, pleonasms, reiterations and iterations, superfluous statements or superfluities, redundancies, repetitions, and that's all I can reinforce and add.
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"He's either coming or going."
He ain' stayin' put.
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