reiterant

American  

[ree-it-er-uhnt] / riˈɪt ər ənt /

adjective

1. reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree.

   reiterant chatter.

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Etymology

Origin of reiterant

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

Example Sentences

In Heaven they said so; and at Eden's gate,— And here, reiterant, in the wilderness.

From Project Gutenberg

Lockstep, handcuffs, ankle-ball-and-chain, Dulltoil and dreary food and drink; Small cell, cold cell, narrow bed and hard; High wall, thick wall, window iron-barred; Stone-paved, stone-pent little prison yard— Young hearts weary of monotony and pain, Young hearts weary of reiterant refrain: "They say—they do—what will people think?"

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In Heaven they said so, and at Eden's gate, And here, reiterant, in the wilderness.

From Project Gutenberg

“The world’s book now reads drily,” except, indeed, for such as are enwrapped and mummified in the garments of the reiterant daily commonplace.

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The oriole is "a torch of downy flame"; the "reiterant katydids rasp the mysterious silence"; a mother's loss and sorrow are "twin leeches at her heart"; the frosty landscape is "fulgent with downy crystals"; Kathrina wears a "pale-blue muslin robe," which the hero fancies "dyed with forget-me-nots"; and the landscape has usually some effect of dry-goods to the poet's eye.

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