From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sonorous \So*no"rous\, adjective [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See {Sound}.]
1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. --Addison.
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.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
{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. -- {So*no"rous*ly}, adverb -- {So*no"rous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: {plangency}, {resonance}, {reverberance}, {ringing}, {sonority}, {vibrancy}]
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