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epigraph(dictionary)
epigraph(dictionary)

euphony (iou) and epigraph (medicine)


euphony (iou)



euphony noun. LME.
[French euphonie from late Latin euphonia from Greek euphonia, from euphonos well-sounding, formed as EU-: see -PHONY. Cf. EUPHONIA.]
The quality, esp. of spoken words, of having a pleasant sound; the pleasing effect of sounds free from harshness. LME.
J. I. M. Stewart 'Albert Talbert' is lacking in euphony and even a shade ludicrous.
Philology. The tendency to phonetic change giving easier pronunciation. L19.

epigraph (medicine)


epigraph


1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

2. A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.

Origin: Gr, fr., cf. F. Epigraphe. See Epigram.

Source: Websters Dictionary