Sonorous

  • 121round — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. circular, annular, spherical, globular, cylindrical; approximate. See circularity, rotundity, numeration. n. revolution, cycle; circuit, ambit, course, itinerary, beat; series, catch, rondeau;… …

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  • 122vibrant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pulsing, athrob, seis mic; resonant, sonorous; robust, healthy, dynamic, energetic, vital; vibratory. See vigor, oscillation, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pulsing] Syn. vibrating, throbbing …

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  • 123Sound — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sound >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sound sound noise strain Sgm: N 1 accent accent twang intonation tone Sgm: N 1 cadence cadence Sgm: N 1 sonorousness sonorousness …

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  • 124Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …

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  • 125sound — English has no fewer than four distinct words sound. The oldest, ‘channel, strait’ [OE], originally meant ‘swimming’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *sundam, a derivative of the base *sum , *swem ‘swim’ (source of English swim). The sense… …

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  • 126sonority — 1620s, from Fr. sonorité or directly from L. sonoritas, from sonorus (see SONOROUS (Cf. sonorous)) …

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  • 127sonorant — /ˈsɒnərənt/ (say sonuhruhnt) noun a voiced sound less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative, as /l, r, m, n, j, w/. {Latin sonor noise + ant} …

  • 128ἠχωδεστέρα — ἠχωδεστέρᾱ , ἠχώδης sonorous fem nom/voc/acc comp dual ἠχωδεστέρᾱ , ἠχώδης sonorous fem nom/voc comp sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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