Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day is Diapason (noun): 1. a burst of sound 2. a musical sound that gets louder, like the sound of an organ 3. range, scope
[still from Don Among the Dead Men by C. E. Vulliamy] The rest of the proceedings in the Bouleuterion were chilled and orderly, and all were relieved when Dr. Blewit again let loose his diapason thunders, the doors opened, and Royalty, followed by the great men and their satellite worthies, filed out and walked informally to the Great Hall.






















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