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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SONO'ROUS, a. [L. sonorus, from sonus, sound.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" [syn: heavy, sonorous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin sonorus; akin to Latin sonus sound Date: 1611 1. producing sound (as when struck) 2. full or loud in sound <a sonorous voice> 3. imposing or impressive in effect or style 4. having a high or an indicated degree of sonority <sonorous sounds such as ä and o?> • sonorously adverb • sonorousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 having a loud, full, or deep sound; resonant. 2 (of a speech, style, etc.) imposing, grand. Derivatives: sonority n. sonorously adv. sonorousness n. Etymology: L sonorus f. sonor sound

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sonorous So*no"rous, a. [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See Sound.] 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals. 2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice. 3. 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 rhonchi. Sonorous 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, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A sonorous sound is deep and rich. (LITERARY) 'Doctor McKee?' the man called in an even, sonorous voice. = resonant ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Sounding, resonant, resounding, ringing. 2. High-sounding, loud.

Moby Thesaurus

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