sonority

 [suh-nawr-i-tee, -nor-]  

so·nor·i·ty

   [suh-nawr-i-tee, -nor-]
noun, plural so·nor·i·ties.
the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
Origin:
1515–25; < Medieval Latin sonōritās < Late Latin: melodiousness, equivalent to Latin sonōr(us) (see sonorous) + -itās -ity
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To sonority

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Sonority is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
sonorous (səˈnɔːrəs, ˈsɒnərəs)
 
—adj
1.  producing or capable of producing sound
2.  (of language, sound, etc) deep or resonant
3.  (esp of speech) high-flown; grandiloquent
 
[C17: from Latin sonōrus loud, from sonor a noise]
 
sonority
 
—n
 
so'norously
 
—adv
 
so'norousness
 
—n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Partners:WordBloglinesCitysearchThe Daily BeastAsk AnswersAsk KidsLife123SendoriThesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT