voiceful
English
Adjective
voiceful (comparative more voiceful, superlative most voiceful)
- (dated or poetic) Having a voice or vocal quality; vocal; sounding
- 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fancy in Nubibus:
- the swelling of the voiceful sea
- 1844, Edward Walsh, The Harp of the Nation:
- Our ancient harp, whose voiceful string
The Saxon rent in twain,
- Having a loud voice or many voices.
- c. 1850, Theodore Winthrop, Isthmiana, Parita:
- A perpetual hum is heard, not less voiceful to the appreciative than the chants and clanging cymbals of the Parthenon.
References
- “voiceful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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