sibilancy

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪbɪlənsi/

Noun

sibilancy (usually uncountable, plural sibilancies)

  1. the state or property of being sibilant
    • 1876, James Russell Lowell, “Milton”, in Among My Books: Second Series:
      Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote […] verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath.

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