# sonorous

Pronunciation: US say "SAH-ner-uhs" /ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/; UK say "SON-uh-ruhs" /ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/

## Adjective

1. Having or giving out a deep, full, rich sound, as a bell, an organ, a voice or the language of a poem can.
   - Simple: Deep, full and rich in sound, like a big bell, a strong voice or grand poetry.
   - _The old cathedral bell was still sonorous enough to be heard across the valley._
   - _The kids found a sonorous hollow log that boomed whenever they struck it with sticks._
2. Wordy, or full of grand, high-flown language.
   - Simple: Using too many words, or big, showy words.
   - _The senator's sonorous address said very little in a great many words._
   - _Reviewers mocked the report's sonorous prose, all lofty phrases and no plain facts._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Of a speech sound, produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of the airflow.

## Origin

Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin sonōrus, from sonor (“sound”).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sonorous (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).