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Definition of Fortis
1. Adjective. (context: phonetics) strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fortis
1. a consonant pronounced with relatively strong release of breath [n -TES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortis
Literary usage of Fortis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... which aqua fortis afterwards has no power to take away. ... of copper made in
aqua fortis ; when dry, let them be put into a crucible, and kept for a ..."
2. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"fortis and Lenis. Depending upon the energy with which the breath is forced from
... A consonant is said to be a fortis if the energy of expiration and the ..."
3. Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining by William Pryce (1778)
"Proof Aqua fortis. Take any quantity of good aqua fortis, ... appears to be any
precipitate or cloud of a white colour, as there will if the aqua fortis has ..."
4. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1856)
"Nitric acid is popularly known under the name of Aqua fortis, or Red spirit of
nitre. According to Tartra, it seems to have been first used as a poison ..."
5. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1808)
"... fortis impels me to remark, that the observations here adduced on the fossil
alcyonium, depicted Plate X. Fig. 11, •are derived from a manuscript tract, ..."
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