SIBILANCIES

Noun

sibilancies

plural of sibilancy

Source: Wiktionary


SIBILANCY

Sib"i*lance, Sib"i*lan*cy, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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