SIBILANCY

Noun

sibilancy (usually uncountable, plural sibilancies)

the state or property of being sibilant

Synonyms

• sibilance

Anagrams

• bacilysin

Source: Wiktionary


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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