The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the
thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.
Addison.
There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style.
It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous
amplitude.
E. Everett.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity,
deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
Sonorous figures (Physics), figures formed by the vibrations of a
substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a
violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which
sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to
the musical tone. Called also acoustic figures. -- Sonorous tumor
(Med.), a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion.
-- So*no"rous*ly, adv. -- So*no"rous*ness, n.
Son"ship (?), n. The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation
of a son; filiation. Dr. H. More.
Son"sy (?), a. See Soncy. [Scot.] Burns.
Son"tag (?), n. [So called from from Mme. Henriette Sontag, a famous
singer.] A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's
dress.
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Son"ties (?), n. Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; --
used as an oath. [Obs.] Shak.
Soo*chong" (?), n. Same as Souchong.
||Soo"dra (?). Same as Sudra.
{ Soo"fee (?), Soo"fee*ism (?) }. Same as Sufi, Sufism.
Soo"jee (?), n. Same as Suji.
Soon (?), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s&?;na; cf. OFries. s&?;n, OS. sna, sno,
OHG. sr, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time
specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. "Sooner said than done."
Old Proverb. "As soon as it might be." Chaucer.
She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned.
Milton.