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adjective
1.
pleasant to the ear; melodious: the dulcet tones of the cello.
2.
pleasant or agreeable to the eye or the feelings; soothing.
3.
Archaic. sweet to the taste or smell.
noun
4.
an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher.
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- Evening meals are candlelit, with flaming torches and the dulcet tones of traditional music accompanying your choice of food.
- Ninety-six percent of the participants exercising to the dulcet tones of the piano were women.
- Gainsbourg's dulcet singing style may be a matter of limited skill.
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dulcet
late 14c., from O.Fr. doucet, dim. of doux "sweet," from L. dulcis, from PIE *dlk-wi-, suffixed form of root *dlk-u- "sweet."
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