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
A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct. âthe maxim that actions speak louder than wordsâ. âIn retrospect, my conversations reinforced a few very general maxims.â. âAnd the loveable curmudgeon is responsible for most of literature's best quotations, maxims and aphorisms.â.