Etymology

stridulate

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Today it means: To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together. Full definition →

Latin strīdulus
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  1. Latin · derived fromstrīdulus“giving a shrill sound, creaking”
  2. English todaystridulate

Back-formation from stridulation. (From earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”))

Words from the same roots

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stridulationstridulous

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