sonorific

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin sonor (“a sound”), -oris + facere (“to make”). See sonorous.

Adjective

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sonorific (comparative more sonorific, superlative most sonorific)

  1. Producing sound.
    • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
      sonorific quality

References

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“sonorific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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