loud
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From Old English hlūd (“‘loud’”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, from Proto-Indo-European *k̑l(e)u- (“‘to hear’”). Cognate with German Laut (“sound”) and laut (“loud”) and further to Greek κλυτός (“‘famous’”).
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loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
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- Of a sound, of great intensity.
- Turn that music down, it's too loud.
- Of a person, event, etc, noisy.
- Of a person, event, etc, non-subtle, irrelevant.
- Of a colour, clothing, etc, having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns.
- You, there, wearing the purple tie with green stripes and red polka dots, I may not be able to hear you over that loud tie, so you may need to shout a little. - Supervisor 246 in Paul Robinson's Instrument of God, ISBN unknown
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of a sound
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noisy
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of a colour, clothing, etc.
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