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mugient

/ˈmjuːd͡ʒi.ənt/

mugient adjective: lowing; bellowing.

Adjective

mugient (comparative more mugient, superlative most mugient)

  1. (rare) Lowing; bellowing.
    • That a bittern maketh that mugient noise, or as we term it, bumping, by putting its bill into a reed, as most believe […]1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • Dire groans arose, / And late laments came plaining upward high / From the sepulchral cavern, that reclos'd / With roar of loudest mugient thunders dire.1833, William Ellis Wall, Christ Crucified: An Epic Poem, in Twelve Books, Oxford, page 220

Forms of mugient

comparativemore mugient
superlativemost mugient

Origin of mugient

Borrowed from Latin mūgiēns, present participle of mūgiō (“to bellow”).

Questions about mugient

What does mugient mean?
Mugient means lowing; bellowing.
What part of speech is mugient?
Mugient is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mugient?
Mugient is pronounced /ˈmjuːd͡ʒi.ənt/.

Words near mugient in the dictionary

  1. mughouses
  2. Mughrabi
  3. Mughrabis
  4. Mughs
  5. mugicha
  6. mugient
  7. mugil
  8. mugilid
  9. mugilids
  10. mugiliform
  11. mugiliforms

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