"sonorousness, resonance, the quality of giving sound when struck," 1620s, from French sonorité and directly from Latin sonoritas "fullness of sound," from sonorus "resounding" (see sonorous).
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sonorous adj.
"giving sound when struck, resonant, full-volumed," 1610s, from Latin sonorus "resounding," from sonor "sound, noise," from sonare "to sound, make a noise" (from PIE root *swen- "to sound"). Related: Sonorously; sonorousness. Earlier was sonouse (c. 1500), from Medieval Latin sonosus; also sonourse "having a pleasing voice" (c. 1400), from sonor.