stertorious

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adjective

Stertorous.

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Meanings

adjectivestertorious (comparative more stertorious, superlative most stertorious)

comparative more stertorious · superlative most stertorious

  1. obsoleteStertorous.

    By this time his pulse was imperceptible and his breathing was stertorious, and at intervals of half a minute.

    1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Origin

From stertor + -ious.

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Cite this entry
APA

stertorious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stertorious

MLA

“stertorious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stertorious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stertorious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stertorious.

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