soundingnessn.
rare.
The quality or character of being sonorous.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > resonant quality
fullness1440
shillness1486
sonority1623
resonance1669
sonorousness1669
soundingness1727
sonorosity1772
sonoriety1828
plangency1858
canorousness1870
ringingness1874
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sonorousness, Soundingness, Loudness.
1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 311 They do not often attain a certain majesty of Soundingness, which is frequent in the Latin hexameter.
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xlv To ensure music, lines must be full of sound, or soundingness.
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