ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sibilous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Sibilous is an adjective meaning Having a hissing sound; sibilant.

Meaning

Having a hissing sound; sibilant.

Example Sentences

a sibilous rattle
In the height of summer it [the grasshopper warbler] chirps the whole night: its sibilous note is observed to cease about the latter end of Jul

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squeakish, squeaky, sounding, squeakyish, hummy, sirenlike.

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