reiterant

[ ree-it-er-uh nt ]
/ riˈɪt ər ənt /

adjective

reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree: reiterant chatter.

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Origin of reiterant

1600–10; < Latin reiterant- (stem of reiterāns), present participle of reiterāre. See reiterate, -ant

Words nearby reiterant

reissue, reist, reisterstown, reit, reiter's syndrome, reiterant, reiterate, reith, reive, reject, rejectamenta
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Example sentences from the Web for reiterant

  • It was neither sad nor joyous; it suggested dreamy, reiterant thoughts; it was not music, but the memory of music.

    The Jonathan Papers|Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

  • This heedful silken coming and going, these Sunday voices, this reiterant yelp of a single peevish bell—would they never cease?

    The Return|Walter de la Mare

  • Again, reiterant and increasingly imperative, summons from the house slashed across her mood.

    Missy|Dana Gatlin

  • Ever and ever a reiterant, restless craving gnawed, like a worm, at her heart.

    Under the Witches' Moon|Nathan Gallizier