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remugient

UK/ɹɪˈmuːd͡ʒɪənt/US/ɹɪˈmjud͡ʒiənt/

remugient adjective: resounding, echoing.

Adjective

remugient (comparative more remugient, superlative most remugient)

  1. (rare) Resounding, echoing.
    • [W]hether the Earth ſtand firm and prove favourable to the induſtry of the Artificer, or vvhether ſhe threaten the very foundations of our buildings vvith trembling and tottering Earth-quakes accompanied with remugient Echoes and ghaſtly murmurs from below; vvhatever notable emergencies happen for...1660, H[enry] More, chapter III, in An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC, book I, page 63
  2. (rare) Mooing, lowing.
    • The mud crusts underfoot, remugient beasts stir up the undergrowth, Johnson attracts flies: greenflies, blowflies, blackflies, crutflies.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 96

Synonyms of remugient

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Forms of remugient

comparativemore remugient
superlativemost remugient

Origin of remugient

From (the stem of) Latin remugiens, present participle of remugire. See mugient.

Questions about remugient

What does remugient mean?
Remugient means resounding, echoing.
What part of speech is remugient?
Remugient is an adjective.
How do you pronounce remugient?
Remugient is pronounced /ɹɪˈmuːd͡ʒɪənt/ (UK).

Words near remugient in the dictionary

  1. remuddles
  2. remuddling
  3. Remuera
  4. remueur
  5. remueurs
  6. remugient
  7. remulch
  8. remulched
  9. remulches
  10. remulching
  11. remultiplex

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