sonant
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Dr. Gutheil cautions that no accurate explanation is apt to be simple: more likely in Hinckley's mind was a dis sonant snarl of emotions and delusions, which in concert led him to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ebhardt's suggestion that there are two significant parts in each foot-element, viz., sonant and pause, does not seem good.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
It will of course use the widest variation possible in the matter of accents, lags, dynamic forms, and lengths of sonant and element depending on emphasis.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
His hands moved quietly; his voice was clear and sonant; his words were few and polite.
From Life Immovable First Part by Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus) Phoutrides
S has two sounds, soft, or surd, as in soft and this, and hard, or sonant, as in has and wise.
From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
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