Definition for AL-TIS'O-NANT, or AL-TIS'O-NOUS

AL-TIS'O-NANT, or AL-TIS'O-NOUS, a. [L. altus, high, and sonans, sounding; sonus, sound.]

High sounding; lofty or pompous, as language. – Evelyn.

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