stridulous

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/ˈstɹɪdjʊləs/

adjective

Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound.

OriginLatin stridulus →
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Meanings

adjectivestridulous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEmitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound.

    the Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart

    c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile
  2. not comparablemedicineRelating to stridor.

Origin

  1. Latinstridulus“creaking, giving a shrill sound”
  2. Englishstridulous

From Latin stridulus (“creaking, giving a shrill sound”), from stridere (“to utter an inarticulate sound, creak, grate”).

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Chicago

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