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Webster 1913 Edition


Sibilancy

{

Sib′i-lance

,

Sib′i-lan-cy

, }
Noun.
The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.
Milton would not have avoided them for their
sibilancy
, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa’s head in wrath.
Lowell.

Definition 2024


sibilancy

sibilancy

English

Noun

sibilancy (usually uncountable, plural sibilancies)

  1. the state or property of being sibilant
    • Lowell
      Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote [] verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath.

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