high-sounding vs sibilant

high-sounding

adj
  • Oratorial, sometimes to the point of sounding contrived. 

  • Having an elevated or moralistic tone; pompous. 

sibilant

adj
  • Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. 

noun
  • A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. 

How often have the words high-sounding and sibilant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )