sonority

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From sonor(ous) + -ity, from French sonorité, from Latin sonōritās.

He returned to Bombay a complete wreck, with shrunken, tottering frame, sunken eyes, and a voice that had lost its sonority. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright
On impact, it gave off a metallic sonority, and as incredible as this sounds, it seemed, I swear, to be made of riveted plates. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
The subject had bellowed with sonority, testifying at least to the possession of an uninjured diaphragm, as Saxham begun to cut away the jacket. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy

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