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Sibilant

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Sibilate

To pronounce with a hissing sound like that of the letter s to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation

Sibilation

Utterance with a hissing sound also the sound itself a hiss

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Sibilatory

Hissing sibilant

Buzz

To make a low continuous humming or sibilant sound like that made by bees with their wings Hence To utter a murmuring sound to speak with

C

was derived probably through the French Etymologically C is related to g h k q s and other sibilant sounds Examples of these relations are in L acutus E acute ague E acrid eager vinegar L cornu

Lisp

To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly to give s and z the sound of th a defect common among children

S

the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet is a consonant and is often called a sibilant in allusion to its hissing sound It has two principal sounds one a mere hissing as in sack

Sibilance

The quality or state of being sibilant sibilation

Sibilous

Having a hissing sound hissing sibilant

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