Definitions for calliopes

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calliopes cal·li·o·pe

Spelling: [kuh-lahy-uh-pee; for 1 also Calliopes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 548 anagrams from letters in calliopes (aceillops).

Definitions for calliopes

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 calliopes

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

Examples for calliopes

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"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.