Etymology

howler

howl·er
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Today it means: That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey. Full definition →

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The story

From howl + -er. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howling wilderness", (Deuteronomy 32:10)

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