stridulous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin stridulus (“creaking, giving a shrill sound”), from stridere (“to utter an inarticulate sound, creak, grate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stridulous (comparative more stridulous, superlative most stridulous)
- Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound.
- c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile:
- the Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart
- (pathology) Relating to stridor.
References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stridulous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.