Well-sounding ppl. a.

c. 1325, 1486. [see SOUNDING ppl. a.¹ 1 b].

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1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. xii. 147. Weill soundand wriblis.

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1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XIX. lviii. Trumpets, clarions, and well sounding bras.

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1729. T. Cooke, Tales, etc., 204. I am certain that the passed Tenses of sit and see, which are sat and saw, will not be well sounding if this Rule is observed.

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1783. [see SOUNDING ppl. a.¹ 1 b].

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1828. Whately, Rhet., III. i. § 5. 189. To be able to pour forth with fluency an unlimited quantity of well-sounding language.

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1865. ‘Annie Thomas,’ On Guard, III. 40. ‘Ultimate good!’ The phrase was a nice, magnanimous, well-sounding one.

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