megalophonous

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Adjective

megalophonous (comparative more megalophonous, superlative most megalophonous)

1. Having a loud voice.
   • 1879, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Sketches, Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part Third:

     Let the megalophonous grasshopper sound a blast and summon hither the perfunctory and circumforaneous TumbleBug, to the end that excavations may be made and learning gather new treasures.