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Sibilation   Listen
noun
Sibilation  n.  Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. "He, with a long, low sibilation, stared."






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"Sibilation" Quotes from Famous Books



... recurring gushes, its rhythmic oil upon the roaring billows. From some melodious swain came a freakish fiddling, which leaped and danced like mad, now here, now there, like an audible will-o'-the-wisp. A dolorous whistle chimed harmonies, and with regular sibilation came to time, quavering out the chromatic moments of this nasal hour. High over all floated a faint whisper,—a song-cloud rising from the dream-mist of a peaceful breast,—a revelation timidly exhaled to the disembodied spirits of the air. ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 • Various



Words linked to "Sibilation" :   sibilate, hiss, noise, fizzle, assibilation, hissing, pronunciation, hushing



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