sonority

[ suh-nawr-i-tee, -nor- ]

noun,plural so·nor·i·ties.

Origin of sonority

1515–25; <Medieval Latin sonōritās<Late Latin: melodiousness, equivalent to Latin sonōr(us) (see sonorous) + -itās-ity

The first three movements are the best; the only charm of the fourth being its sonority, for the musical contents are poor.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
It does not possess the rough gravity of the Spanish, and has too few of the i's and e's that soften the sonority of the Italian.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
The hymn began to repeat itself, the individual words lost in the sonority of the hall.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. Delany
From the phonetic point of view we may think of words and groups of words as consisting of a series of sounds of varying sonority.
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter Rippmann
We may indicate the sonority very roughly by lines; if we connect their top ends, we shall obtain a curve.
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter Rippmann

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