sonorous
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- sonourous (rare)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sonorus from sonor sound.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sonorous (comparative more sonorous, superlative most sonorous)
- Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Mercury de Breze”, in Henry Duff Traill editor, The French Revolution, a History, the Bastille[1], volume 2, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, The Third Estate, page 162:
- The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Mercury de Breze”, in Henry Duff Traill editor, The French Revolution, a History, the Bastille[1], volume 2, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, The Third Estate, page 162:
- Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
- Wordy or grandiloquent.
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Translations [edit]
capable of giving out a deep resonant sound
full of sound and rich, as in language or verse
wordy or grandiloquent
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