Phonetics. [ad. L. explōdent-em, pr. pple. of explōdĕre to EXPLODE.] A consonant-sound produced by the sudden escape of breath after the closure of the oral passage (as p, b, t, d, k, g); a ‘check,’ ‘mute’ or ‘stop’; = EXPLOSIVE B. 1.
1861. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., VIII. 371. The combination of two explodents, as in pt, kt, is equivalent to that of a double mute.
1865. Pall Mall Gaz., 11 Feb., 6/1. The two adjectives, horrible and abominable—three explodents and one aspirate in three words.
1885. Athenæum, 14 March, 349/2. Mr. Cayley held that all explodents suggested impact.
