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sibilancy

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1. n. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Source: opted
2. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell. Source: webster
3. n. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Source: ecdict

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sibilance sibilant consonant sibilants sibilate sibilated sibilates sibilating sibilatory sibilous

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