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Definition of Reverberance
1. Noun. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
Generic synonyms: Quality, Timber, Timbre, Tone
Derivative terms: Plangent, Resonant, Resonate, Reverberant, Reverberate, Ring, Sonorous, Sonorous, Vibrate
Definition of Reverberance
1. Noun. reverberation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverberance
Literary usage of Reverberance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The East I Know by Paul Claudel (1914)
"... and strident if he lifts it; without inflection and without cadences, the
dreary blaring noise culminates in the reverberance of a frightful uproar, ..."
2. A Pushcart at the Curb by John Dos Passos (1922)
"And his eyes and ears drowned and exalted In the reverberance of the fall.
The ropes of the litter creak and groan, The embroidered curtains, ..."
3. A Pushcart at the Curb by John Dos Passos (1922)
"And his eyes and ears drowned and exalted In the reverberance of the fall.
The ropes of the litter creak and groan, The embroidered curtains, ..."
4. A Pushcart at the Curb by John Dos Passos (1922)
"And his eyes and ears drowned and exalted In the reverberance of the fall.
The ropes of the litter creak and groan, The embroidered curtains, ..."
5. The Clintons: And Others by Archibald Marshall (1919)
"... for granted from the-other lady's temporary reticence that she would not also
become a sounding-board, of a lower but not less damaging reverberance. ..."
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