leather-lunged
leather-lunged adjective: possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.
Adjective
leather-lunged (comparative more leather-lunged, superlative most leather-lunged)
- Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.
- He would like to know how she was getting along—and the baby, too. . . . It was a leather-lunged, red-faced, squirming little mite.1918, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in Cabin Fever
- One of the notable effects of technical change has been the obsolescence of leather-lunged oratory of the William Jennings Bryan school, in favor of the "fireside chat" of Franklin Roosevelt; with electrical amplification, a speaker could use conversational style and still be understood in a large...1980, Raven I. McDavid Jr., American English: Essays, →ISBN, page 313
- Synonyms:
- stentorian, vociferous
Synonyms of leather-lunged
Forms of leather-lunged
| comparative | more leather-lunged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most leather-lunged |
| alternative form | leather lunged |
Questions about leather-lunged
- What does leather-lunged mean?
- Leather-lunged means possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.
- What part of speech is leather-lunged?
- Leather-lunged is an adjective.
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