stridulous

adj — 2 senses

stridulous

adj

/ˈstɹɪdjʊləs/

Etymology From Latin stridulus (“creaking, giving a shrill sound”), from stridere (“to utter an inarticulate sound, creak, grate”).

1

Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound.

  • the Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cartc. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile:
2

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Relating to stridor.

Derived terms
stridulously

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