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Definition of sonorific in English:
sonorific
adjective
rareProducing, or capable of producing, sound.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Pordage (bap. 1633, d. c1691), poet and translator. From post-classical Latin sonorificus from classical Latin sonōri-, stem of sonor sound + -ficus.
