clangorous
clangorous adjective: making a clangor.
Adjective
clangorous (comparative more clangorous, superlative most clangorous)
- Making a clangor.
- Who would have thought that the clangorous Noise of a Smith’s Hammers should have given the first rise to Musick?1712 March 24, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, volume V, number 334
- No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled, reverberation.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
Forms of clangorous
| comparative | more clangorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most clangorous |
| alternative form | clangerous |
| alternative form | clangourous |
Origin of clangorous
From clangor + -ous.
Words formed from clangorous
Questions about clangorous
- What does clangorous mean?
- Clangorous means making a clangor.
- What part of speech is clangorous?
- Clangorous is an adjective.
Words near clangorous in the dictionary
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