sonorific

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UK/ˌsɒn.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/US/ˌsɑn.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/

adjective

Producing sound.

OriginLatin sonor →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectivesonorific (comparative more sonorific, superlative most sonorific)

comparative more sonorific · superlative most sonorific

  1. Producing sound.

    sonorific quality

    1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinsonor“a sound”
  2. Englishsonorific

From Latin sonor (“a sound”), -oris + facere (“to make”). See sonorous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sonorific

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APA

sonorific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorific

MLA

“sonorific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorific. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonorific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorific.

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