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Meaning of sibilous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Having a hissing sound; sibilant.

Examples

“a sibilous rattle”

“In the height of summer it [the grasshopper warbler] chirps the whole night: its sibilous note is observed to cease about the latter end of Jul”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

siblicidal siblinged siblingless siblinglike siblingly siboglinid