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Webster 1913 Edition
Sonorous
1.
Giving sound when struck; resonant;
as,
. sonorous
metals2.
Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound;
as, a
. sonorous
voice3.
Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant;
as, the vowels are
. sonorous
4.
Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and
sonorous
in the expression. Addison.
There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a
sonorous
amplitude. E. Everett.
5.
(Med.)
Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned;
as,
. sonorous
rhonchiSonorous figures
(Physics)
, figures formed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also
– acoustic figures
. Sonorous tumor
(Med.)
, a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion.
So-no′rous-ly
, adv.
So-no′rous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sonorous
SONO'ROUS
,Adj.
1.
Giving sound when struck. Metals are sonorous bodies.2.
Loud sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as a sonorous voice.3.
Yielding sound; as, the vowels are sonorous.4.
High sounding; magnificent of sound. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.