diapason
noun
a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
diapasonal
-
a word derived from
diapason.
Example Sentences
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When he spoke, there issued forth a sesquipedalian vocabulary, diapasonal sounds like a Hammond organ in dense fog.
From Time Magazine Archive
Verdi was nudging fourscore when he composed Otello and Falstaff, had passed the mark when he wrote his most diapasonal sacred scores, a Stabat Mater and a Te Deum.
From Time Magazine Archive
