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sonant

[soh-nuhnt] / ˈsoʊ nənt /


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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

It is classed as a surd spirant, its corresponding sonant spirant being v, which is distinguished from f by being pronounced with voice instead of breath, as may be perceived by pronouncing ef, ev.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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

After enumerating some probable and reasonable annoyances, such as prudent owners would wish far removed from their bee-gardens, he adds … aut ubi concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat image.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

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


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