Definition of Sibilance. Sibilance is a literary device where strongly stressed consonants are created deliberately by producing air from vocal tracts through the use of lips and tongue. Such consonants produce hissing sounds.
Definition of maxim - a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct Definition of maxim - a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct dictionary
From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (âaxiomâ), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase propositio maxima greatest premise).