All 4 Uses of
overtone
in
Dune
- I'm told it means 'well-dipper,' a meaning with rather important overtones here.†
Book 1 *
- He will shift the conversation next to something seemingly innocent, but with ominous overtones, she told herself.†
Book 1
- In the subtleties of the Fremen tongue, the word meant "something acquired in battle" and with the added overtone that the something no longer was used for its original purpose.†
Book 3
- SIHAYA: Fremen: the desert springtime with religious overtones implying the time of fruitfulness and "the paradise to come."†
Book Term
Definition:
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(overtone as in: a menacing overtone) meaning that is implied or implicit, but not stated