Saturday, January 27, 2024

Word of the Day: Sibilate

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Sibilate
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verb 1. Utter with a hissing sound.
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Play Button "To 'Shh!' your friends is to sibilate at them."
Play Button "The air coming from the punctured tire was sibilating loudly."
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Latin, mid-17th century
Why This Word?
To sibilate is to say something with a hissing sound, just like the librarian who shushes you when you're speaking too loudly during your study session. (How many sibilant sounds can you count in the previous sentence?) "Sibilate" comes directly from the Latin root "sibilare," meaning "to hiss or whistle." ...
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