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Webster 1913 Edition


Insonorous

Inˊso-no′rous

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Adj.
Not clear or melodious.

Definition 2024


insonorous

insonorous

English

Adjective

insonorous (comparative more insonorous, superlative most insonorous)

  1. Not clear or melodious.
    • 1848, Dr. William A. Alcott, The Use of Tobacco: Its Physical, Intellectual and Moral Effects on the Human System, 3rd edition, p. 14:
      Dr. Allen, of Maine, says; "That tobacco is injurious to the voice, every one can testify, who has heard the harsh, thick, husky, mumbling, stammering, insonorous voice of the inveterate tobacco-chewer."

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