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Webster 1913 Edition


Sibilation

Sibˊi-la′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
sibilatio
.]
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
He, with a long, low
sibilation
, stared.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sibilation

SIBILA'TION

,
Noun.
A hissing sound.

Definition 2024


sibilation

sibilation

English

Noun

sibilation (plural sibilations)

  1. A hissing sound.
    • 1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language, page 18:
      The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.
    From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.

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