reverberant

See also: réverbérant

English

Etymology

From Middle French reverberant (present participle of reverberer), or directly from Latin reverberāns (present participle of reverberō); compare French réverbérant, Italian riverberante, Portuguese reverberante, and Spanish reverberante.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭvûrʹbərənt, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹənt/
• (General American) enPR: rəvərʹbərənt, rēvərʹbərənt; IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvɝbəɹənt/, /ɹiˈvɝbəɹənt/

Adjective

reverberant (comparative more reverberant, superlative most reverberant)

1. (heraldry, of a lion’s tail, rare) Turned up sigmoidally, with the end pointing outward; reboundant.
   • 1597, John Bossewell, Works of Armorie: devided into 3 Bookes, intituled the Concordes of Armorie, the Armorie of Honor and of lotes and creastes, page 42:

     Their tailes forked, nowed, resignant, reuerberant, descendant, percussed and contercoloured. In all these fourmes, or likenesses they are descriued, and pictured: as also otherwise ensigned or marked, then here is remembred. Wherefore I wil presently write more, […]

   • 1688, Randle Holme, Academy of Armory:

     A Lion rampant regardant, the tail reverberant or beaten back, or reboundant, as having beaten it to his back, and it hath rebounded again from thence.

2. Tending to reverberate.

   His snoring was reverberant.

Derived terms

• reverberantly

Related terms

• reverberance

Catalan

Verb

reverberant

1. gerund of reverberar

Latin

Verb

reverberant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of reverberō