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

Surdimū′tism, the condition of being deaf and dumb; Surd′ity, want of sonant quality.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

We may say that the sonant consonant and its corresponding surd are the hard and soft forms of the same sound.

From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin

His hands moved quietly; his voice was clear and sonant; his words were few and polite.

From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)

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 imago.”

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry