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Definition of Sibilancy
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sibilancy
Literary usage of Sibilancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1810)
"It is no defence to allege that sibilancy is the engrained fault of the English
language, the ^example of our best writers will prove that much may be done ..."
2. The philology of the English tongue by John Earle (1880)
"The sibilancy of our language is a European proverb. Undoubtedly our whole stock
... Our modern access of sibilancy has been due entirely to French contact. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"... the reader will award him the palm, even in the latter respects : though we
cannot extend the praise to the sibilancy of the following line : • Not jo ..."
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