19 November 2014

sonorous

[suh-nawr-uh s, -nohr-, son-er-uh s]

adjective
1. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place:
a sonorous cavern.
2. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
3. rich and full in sound, as language or verse.
4. high-flown; grandiloquent:
a sonorous speech.

Origin
Latin

1605-1615; < Latin sonōrus noisy, sounding, equivalent to sonōr-, stem of sonor sound ( son (āre) to sound1+ -or -or1) + -us -ous

Related forms
sonorously, adverb
sonorousness, noun
multisonorous, adjective
multisonorously, adverb
multisonorousness, noun

Synonyms
4. eloquent, florid, grandiose, orotund.

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Examples from the web for sonorous
– The pipa is a sonorous, four-stringed, pear-shaped instrument held upright on the lap.
– However wrapped up in sonorous stuff about synergy, plenty of mergers begin with sheer executive boredom.
– And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

– Lou Reed

On this day

19 November 1863 – President Lincoln delivers the ‘Gettysburg Address’ during the American Civil War, while dedicating the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The speech commenced with the now-famous words, ‘Four score and seven years ago …’, which was referring to the Declaration of Independence in 1777. The speech addressed equality, freedom and democracy being representative of all people.

19 November 2007 – share markets across the globe crashed, as the world entered the Global Financial Crisis.