ATONAL

atonal, unkeyed

(adjective) characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

atonal (comparative more atonal, superlative most atonal)

(music) Lacking a tonal center or key.

(linguistics) Not tonal, lacking tones.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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