Definition of Sibilation
1. Noun. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval). "The performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Hiss, Sibilate
2. Noun. Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.
Generic synonyms: Pronunciation
Derivative terms: Assibilate, Assibilate, Sibilate, Sibilate, Sibilate
Definition of Sibilation
1. n. Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
Definition of Sibilation
1. [n -S]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sibilation
Literary usage of Sibilation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But if sibilation is a defect in Greek odes, where the softening effect of the
vowel sounds is so potent, it is much more so in English poetry, ..."
2. Modern Philology: Its Discoveries, History, and Influence by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1864)
"sibilation. § 3. Aspiration. § 4. Reduplication. § 5. Nasalization. These affections
of words, while pertaining more or less to the three classical ..."
3. Visible Speech: The Science ... of Universal Alphabetics; Or Self by Alexander Melville Bell (1867)
"I The Back of the Tongue raised to the top of the soft palate, with sibilation.
f O i The Front of the Tongue curved downwards as for Oi forms a sibilation ..."
4. Visible Speech: The Science ... of Universal Alphabetics; Or Self by Alexander Melville Bell (1867)
"IC } The Back of the Tongue raised to the top of the soft palate, with I sibilation.
fO! The Front of the Tongue curved downwards as for O. forms a ..."
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