semivocal

British

/ ˌsɛmɪvəʊˈkælɪk, ˌsɛmɪˈvəʊkəl /

adjective

of or relating to a semivowel

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I have preferred the word sonisibilants to the word semivocal sibilants; as the sounds of these sonisibilants are formedlambda Eta λ in different apertures of the mouth, and not in the larynx like the vowels.

From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Darwin, Erasmus

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