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
an expression of a general truth or principle, especially an aphoristic or sententious one: the maxims of La Rochefoucauld. a principle or rule of conduct.