tpolyphonian

[POLYPHONIC.) Having many voices or sounds; many-voiced. "With their polyphon i an notes delight me." Quarles: Emblems , v. 6. pol-y-phōn-Ic, a. [Gr. polyphōnos , from polys =many, and phone =a sound; Fr. polyphone .] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having, or consisting of, many sounds or voices. 2. Music : Consisting of several tone series or parts, progre ing simultaneously according to the rules of counterpoint; contrapuntal. "He is thorough-going or nothing, and hence this confusion of his polyphonic orchestration."- London Daily Telegraph . PHONIC.] pă-lỹph-on-Işm, põ-lyph-on-ỹ, subst . [POLY1. Ord. Lang.: Multiplication of sounds, as in the reverberation of an echo. [PHONOCAMPTIC.] "The polyphon isms or repercu ions of the rocks." Derham: Physico- Theology, bk. iv., ch. iii. 2. Music : Composition in parts, each part having an independent melody of its own, as distinguished from a homophonic composition, which consists of a principal theme, the accompanying parts serving merely to strengthen it. pă-lỹph-on-Ist, s . [POLYPHONIC.] 1. Ord. Lang .: One who profe es the art of the multiplication of sounds; an imitator of a variety of sounds; a ventriloquist. 2. Music: One skilled in the art of counterpoint; a contrapuntist. po-lyph-o-nous, adj. [Gr. poly phonos.] The same as POLYPHONIC (q. v.).