Word definition: 'aural' • Lucid Lexicon

aural

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Ancestral Lore of aural

1844, "pertaining to the ear"
from Latin auris "the ear as the organ of hearing; a discriminating sense of hearing"
also figurative "ear (for)"
By 1860, "received or perceived by ear"

aural adjective / ˈɔr əl /

of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing

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"On the day of the first event, which was festively adorned and of alluring aural amplifications, even the weather played along. Everything was poetically perfect, not least the virtually impeccable man who stepped into the garden."

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

binaural adjective
"pertaining to both ears," 1857,
Latin bini "twofold, two apiece"

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WEIRD GENIUS
The Story of Your Ankh