1 March 2013

dulcet

[duhl-sit]

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.

Origin:
1350–1400; obsolete dulce

Today’s aphorism

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

– H.L. Mencken

On this day

1 March 1954 – The U.S. tests a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Island, Pacific Ocean.

1 March 1981 – Bobby Sands, member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a hunger strike at HM Prison Maze, Dublin. He was protesting certain conditions in prison. During the strike he was elected as a Member of Parliament. He died after 65 days.