sonorous
sonorous
Definition
so·no·rous (sə nôr′əs, sän′ər əs)
adjective
- producing or capable of producing sound, esp. sound of full, deep, or rich quality; resonant
- full, deep, or rich: said of sound
- having a powerful, impressive sound; high-sounding sonorous prose
- Phonet. having a degree of resonant tonality: said esp. of vowels, semivowels, and nasals
Etymology: L sonorus < sonor, a sound, din, akin to sonus, a sound
so·no′·rously adverb
so·no′·rous·ness noun
sonorous
Synonyms
sonorous
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- tone: The tones of this instrument are deep, sonorous tones, there are no high notes.
- voice: Smirking, he leaned his ear to the east window and promptly heard a grim and sonorous voice announce: " Sion ap Robert!
- sound: Top John Dean John, an original member, provides the foundation of the quintet with his sonorous tuba sound.
- ground: My linguistic counterpart for your ' Virgin Mary ' is what Levin calls ' The Sonorous Ground of Being ' .
- note: The sonorous note of bullfrogs is heard a mile off in the river, the loudest sound this evening.
- language: Anglo-Saxon ( the parent language of English ) was a rolling, sonorous, thunderous language well-suited to poetry and oration.
Modifying Another Word
