stertorous

[ stur-ter-uhs ]

/ ˈstɜr tər əs /

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adjective

characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.

breathing in this manner.

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Origin of stertorous

First recorded in 1795–1805; stertor + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM stertorous

ster·to·rous·ly, adverbster·to·rous·ness, nounpost·ster·to·rous, adjective

Words nearby stertorous

steroid hormone, steroidogenesis, steroid ulcer, sterol, stertor, stertorous, stet, stethalgia, Ste.-Thérèse, stetho-, stethogoniometer

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How to use stertorous in a sentence

A series of low, stertorous growls followed, growls that made my blood run cold!
Uncanny Tales|Various
Mayo, when he heard their stertorous breathing close at hand, groped for them and shoved tools into their clutch.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
There was a dead silence for a few moments, broken only by the stertorous breathing of the man upon the couch.
The Mynns' Mystery|George Manville Fenn
It, too, was empty, except for a figure breathing with drunken and stertorous stupor in a chair at one corner.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck

Tom's breathing became stertorous, and that, in connection with morphia poisoning, means danger.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for stertorous

stertorous

/ (ˈstɜːtərəs) /

adjective

marked or accompanied by heavy snoring

breathing in this way

Derived forms of stertorous

stertorously, adverbstertorousness, noun

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