unisonous

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Etymology

From unison +‎ -ous.

Adjective

unisonous (comparative more unisonous, superlative most unisonous)

  1. Being in unison; unisonant.
    Synonyms: unisonant, unisonal
    • 1860, Lowell Mason, Edwards Amasa Park, Austin Phelps, The Sabbath hymn and tune book, page iii:
      Hitherto all the singing in the American churches had been unisonous, the melody only having been sung; but in 1720 a book of tunes in threo parts, "Cantus," "Medius" and "Basus," was published by Rev. Thomas Walter.

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