stridulous
Americanadjective
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Also stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
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Pathology. pertaining to or characterized by stridor.
adjective
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making a harsh, shrill, or grating noise
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pathol of, relating to, or characterized by stridor
Other Word Forms
- stridulously adverb
- stridulousness noun
- unstridulous adjective
Etymology
Origin of stridulous
1605–15; < Latin strīdulus, equivalent to strīd- ( strident ) + -ulus -ulous
Example Sentences
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Hovering over the cardoons, the Chimango listens for the stridulous laughter of the fledglings, and when he hears it the thorny covering is quickly pierced and the dome broken into.
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Strid′ūlate, to make a stridulous sound.—ns.
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There were stridulous, uncanny groans from quaking beams.
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"You don't!" said Donna Maria, rising to her feet, with white in her cheek, fire in her eyes, and a stridulous pitch in her voice.
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It was a woman, about forty years of age, the innocent victim of a dissolute husband, who came suffering with labored, stridulous breathing.
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