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   so·no·rous

   /ˈsänərəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full: "he read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice"
   • ▪ capable of producing a deep or ringing sound: "the alloy is sonorous and useful in making bells" Similar resonantrichfullroundringingboomingvibrantdeepclearmellowmellifluousmelodiousfull-tonedorotundfull-bodiedfruitystrongresoundingreverberatingreverberantvibratingpulsatingrare:canorous
   • ▪ (of a speech or style) using imposing language: "they had expected the lawyers to deliver sonorous lamentations" Similar impressiveimposingmajesticextravagantgrandiloquentmagniloquenthigh-flownhigh-soundingloftyrotundorotundbombasticgrandiosepompouspretentiousoverblownoverripeoratoricalrhetoricalturgidfloweryfloriddeclamatoryCiceronianinformal:highfalutinrare:tumidepideicticfustianeuphuisticaureateDemosthenicDemosthenean

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin sonorus (from sonor ‘sound’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sonorously adverb
   • 2. sonorousness noun

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