Definitions for Calliope

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Calliope cal·li·o·pe

Spelling: [kuh-lahy-uh-pee; for 1 also Calliope is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in Calliope (aceillop).

Definitions for Calliope

noun

1. Also called steam organ. a musical instrument consisting of a set of harsh-sounding steam whistles that are activated by a keyboard.
2. (initial capital letter). Also, Kalliope. Classical Mythology. the Muse of heroic poetry.

Origin of Calliope

1855-60, Americanism; Latin Greek Kalliópē, equivalent to kalli- calli- + op- (stem of óps) voice + -ē feminine ending

Examples for Calliope

When we were on the street again, calliope looked at me with her way of shy eagerness.

The man inside the calliope, the fireman, was too industrious.

When we stepped out in the snow again, calliope's face was shining.

"No need to go to the table if you don't want," calliope told her.

"Then there is calliope Marsh," I ventured, to turn my thought not less than hers.

So we six filed into the dining room to serve whomever calliope had found "to do for."

Just before twelve calliope caught off her apron and pulled down her sleeves.

"Sounds like it'd go down awful easy," admitted calliope, smiling.

"We'll set the table for seven folks," said calliope, at my house on Thanksgiving morning.

His father was Apollo, the god of music and of song, his mother the muse calliope.