[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sonorous \sono"rous\, a. l. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a
   sound, akin to sonus a sound. see sound.
   1. giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
      1913 webster

   2. loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a
      sonorous voice.
      1913 webster

   3. yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as,
      the vowels are sonorous.
      1913 webster

   4. impressive in sound; high-sounding.
      1913 webster

            the italian opera, amidst all the meanness and
            familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful
            and sonorous in the expression.       --addison.
      1913 webster

            there is nothing of the artificial johnsonian
            balance in his style. it is as often marked by a
            pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. --e.
                                                  everett.
      1913 webster

   5. med. sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a
      cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
      1913 webster

   sonorous figures physics, figures formed by the
      vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical
      tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge
      of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and
      the sand arranges itself in figures according to the
      musical tone. called also acoustic figures.

   sonorous tumor med., a tumor which emits a clear,
      resonant sound on percussion.
      1913 webster -- sono"rously, adv. --
      sono"rousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
sound sonorous figures acoustic figures sonorous tumor sono"rously sono"rousness 

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