Sibilance

created by Webster 1913

(thing) by sfluendy (?) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Jan 24 2000 at 3:24:34

It is something which hisses or whistles -- say it out loud and you'll understand.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:07:22

Sib"i*lance (?), Sib"i*lan*cy (?), n.

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.

Sibilant	Sibilancy	What to say when checking microphones	Home Recording on a Budget: Make Me Scream
esssse	OK, so I'm a fuckup, and it's Tuesday	S	Snake
alliteration	Cricket	volume	Sibilation
frequency	Relevance	Scouse	assonance
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