SONO'ROUS, a. [L. sonorus, from sonus, sound.] 1. Giving sound when struck. Metals are sonorous bodies.2. Loud sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as a sonorous voice.3. Yielding sound; as, the vowels are sonorous.4. High sounding; magnificent of sound. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.
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