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.
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Phraseâ²-book, a book containing or explaining phrases.âadj. Phraseâ²less, incapable of being described.âns. Phraseâ²-man, Phraseâ²-mongâ²er, a wordy speaker or writer; PhrÄâ²seogram, PhrÄâ²seograph, a combination of shorthand characters to represent a phrase or sentence.âadjs. Phraseologâ²ic, -al, pertaining to phraseology: consisting of phrases.âadv. Phraseologâ²ically.âns.