sonorous

[ suh-nawr-uhs, -nohr-, son-er-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.

  2. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.

  1. rich and full in sound, as language or verse.

  2. high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech.

Origin of sonorous

1
1605–15; <Latin sonōrus noisy, sounding, equivalent to sonōr-, stem of sonor sound (son(āre) to sound1 + -or-or1) + -us-ous

Other words for sonorous

Other words from sonorous

  • so·no·rous·ly, adverb
  • so·no·rous·ness, noun
  • mul·ti·so·no·rous, adjective
  • mul·ti·so·no·rous·ly, adverb
  • mul·ti·so·no·rous·ness, noun
  • un·so·no·rous, adjective
  • un·so·no·rous·ly, adverb
  • un·so·no·rous·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sonorous

sonorous

/ (səˈnɔːrəs, ˈsɒnərəs) /


adjective
  1. producing or capable of producing sound

  2. (of language, sound, etc) deep or resonant

  1. (esp of speech) high-flown; grandiloquent

Origin of sonorous

1
C17: from Latin sonōrus loud, from sonor a noise

Derived forms of sonorous

  • sonority (səˈnɒrɪtɪ), noun
  • sonorously, adverb
  • sonorousness, noun

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