barytone

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin barytonus /barytonos, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos). Doublet of baritone and baryton.

Just then Orestes (Stockhausen) stood up and lifted his noble barytone. — The Martian: A Novel, George Du Maurier
Two flights below her a mezzo-soprano struggled for high C; adjoining, an early-morning-throated barytone leaned out of a doorway and called for a fresh towel. — Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole, Fannie Hurst
He seemed to be absolutely at home--sat and stood at the right places, sang the hymns in a delightful barytone which was not loud, but which sounded a clear note above the feebler efforts of the rest of us. — The Gay Cockade, Temple Bailey

baritone

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