timbrousadj.
/ˈtambrəs/ Sonorous, resonant.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective]
loudc897
shillOE
brightOE
shillinga1225
soundingc1374
ringingc1400
sonore?c1400
resoundingc1425
sonousc1429
resoundable?c1500
soundish1530
high-sounding1560
singing1565
resonant1572
trolling1581
rumbelow1582
sonorous1611
canorous1646
remugient1660
retentive1728
fullish1770
pealing1794
resonating1845
plangent1858
resonatory1880
timbrous1929
1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris iv. 283 The other one bayed her single timbrous note.
1973 T. Wicker Facing Lions 67 The low, timbrous voice was as hesitant and its words as rambling and loosely collected as those of the farmers who preceded him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1929- sporadic e
- sporadic e-layer
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- sporadicalness
- sporadice
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- sporal
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- sporangia
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- sporangiferous
- sporangiola
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- sporangiophore
- sporangiophores
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