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sonorous
1) producing or capable of producing sound of a deep, resonant quality; 2) full, loud, deep, rich (said of sound)
No other musical instrument can produce sounds that rival the sonorous tones of a large pipe organ.
Related English words: sonorant (a voiced sound less sonorous than a vowel, such as l, m, and w), sonority, sonorousness
Latin root words: sonorus, sonora, sonorum - noisy; sonor, sonoris, m. - noise, sound; sono, sonare, sonui, sonitus - make a sound
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