reboant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of reboant
1820–30; < Latin reboant- (stem of reboāns, present participle of reboāre to resound), equivalent to re- re- + bo ( āre ) to cry aloud (cognate with Greek boân ) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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What if Thou pleadest still, and seest me drive Thro' utter dark a fullsailed skiff, Unpiloted i' the echoing dance Of reboant whirlwinds, stooping low Unto the death, not sunk!
From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Collins, John Churton
The boys are at marbles, if it is muddy enough, or one-old-cat, or pom-pom-peel-away, with the normal percentage of them in reboant tears—that is to say, one in three.
From Back Home by Wood, Eugene
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