asonant

adj

asonant

adj

/eɪ̯ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/

Etymology From a- + sonant.

1

Not sounding or sounded; silent.

  • The first d in "Wednesday" and the s in "aisle" are asonant.
  • Thus reponens is an asonant rhyme to deprœlian in the following stanza.1829, Rhyme the Leading Principle of Latin Versification, page 15:

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