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
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary. 1  n Maxim maksâ²im a general principle, serving as a rule or guide: a pithy saying: a proverb.  n Maxim maksâ²im often put for Maxâ²im-gun, an automatic machine-gun capable of firing as many as 620 rounds per minute, and of accurate shooting up to 3000 yards.