asonant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- ā-sōnʹənt
- /eɪ̯ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/
Etymology
From a- + sonant.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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: