sibilous

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adjective

Having a hissing sound; sibilant.

“a sibilous rattle”

OriginLatin sibilus →
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Meanings

adjectivesibilous (comparative more sibilous, superlative most sibilous)

comparative more sibilous · superlative most sibilous

  1. Having a hissing sound; sibilant.

    a sibilous rattle

    1 more example

    In the height of summer it [the grasshopper warbler] chirps the whole night: its sibilous note is observed to cease about the latter end of Jul

    1812, Thomas Pennant, Arctic Zoology

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sibilant

Origin

  1. Latinsibilus
  2. Englishsibilous

Latin sibilus.

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APA

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Chicago

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