† sonoreityn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being sonorous. Also: an instance of this; a sonorous word. Cf. sonority n.In later use in medical contexts, with reference to auscultation of the chest; cf. sonorous adj. 2b, sonoriety n.
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1653 J. Sergeant To Sir Kenelme Digby sig. *2 An antick weed, patch't up as they shall please Of Unions, Moods, and Sonoreities.
1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. i. vi. 70 There is a Quality in the Bell call'd Sonoreity, whose nature it is to make a Sound.
1767 tr. F. Algarotti Ess. on Opera vi. 92 The chief end an architect should propose to himself in erecting a theatre, to wit, that its sonoreity should be such, as that the voices of the singers may be heard as distinct as possible.
1842 London Med. Gaz. 30 Sept. 9/2 The suppression of the vesicular murmur, and its replacement by semi-bronchial and bronchial respiration, accurately coincide with the loss of sonoreity on percussion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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