sibilancen.
The character of being sibilant; a hissing sound. Also, an undue prominence of sibilants, esp. in reproduced sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > quality
sibilance1819
hissiness1828
lisp1855
sibilancy1871
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant > sibilant > quality
sibilance1819
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > on recording
scratch1908
surface noise1914
swish1949
sibilance1960
tape hiss1962
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant > sibilant > prominence of
sibilance1960
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 397 The word preceding ends with s, and would occasion too marked a sibilance to be admitted without necessity.
1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 116 He felt like the author to whose ears is borne the ominous sibilance of the pit.
1939 A. Clarke Coll. Plays (1963) 92 The words of the Chorus become a mere sibilance.
1943 A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood 87 Her voluminous skirts which made such a lovely sibillance [sic] whenever she moved.
1960 G. A. Briggs A to Z in Audio 183 Sibilance, a fault in reproduction in which consonants and, in particular, ‘s’ sounds are given unnatural prominence.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 82 ‘Tilting’ such a ribbon was at one time commonly used as a means of discriminating against sibilance (a voice defect which seems to be less of a nuisance than it has been in the past).
1974 A. Nisbett Use of Microphones 24 Sometimes intelligibility is improved by using a microphone with a peak..in the 6000–8000 Hz frequency range... But this may also enhance the natural sibilance of some voices.
1979 Amer. Poetry Rev. Mar. 26/1 Now if we take out the first one we risk sibilance by having the s of ‘Ignatius’ run into the s of ‘swallows’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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