reverberant
/ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹənt/US/ɹəˈvɝbəɹənt/
reverberant adjective: turned up sigmoidally, with the end pointing outward; reboundant.
Adjective
reverberant (comparative more reverberant, superlative most reverberant)
- Turned up sigmoidally, with the end pointing outward; reboundant.
- Their tailes forked, nowed, resignant, reuerberant, descendant, percussed and contercoloured. In all these fourmes, or likenesses they are descriued, and pictured: as also otherwise ensigned or marked, then here is remembred. Wherefore I wil presently write more, […]1597, John Bossewell, Works of Armorie: devided into 3 Bookes, intituled the Concordes of Armorie, the Armorie of Honor and of lotes and creastes, page 42
- A Lion rampant regardant, the tail reverberant or beaten back, or reboundant, as having beaten it to his back, and it hath rebounded again from thence.1688, Randle Holme, Academy of Armory
- Tending to reverberate.
- His snoring was reverberant.
- beneath the reverberant branches1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)
reverberant meaning in Bengali
reverberant in Bengali
- বক্রভাবে উপরের দিকে বাঁকানো, প্রতিধ্বনিত হওয়ার প্রবণতা সম্পন্ন
Forms of reverberant
| comparative | more reverberant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most reverberant |
Origin of reverberant
From Middle French reverberant (present participle of reverberer), or directly from Latin reverberāns (present participle of reverberō); compare French réverbérant, Italian riverberante, Portuguese reverberante, and Spanish reverberante.
Words formed from reverberant
Questions about reverberant
- What does reverberant mean?
- Reverberant means turned up sigmoidally, with the end pointing outward; reboundant.
- What is reverberant in Bengali?
- Reverberant in Bengali is বক্রভাবে উপরের দিকে বাঁকানো, প্রতিধ্বনিত হওয়ার প্রবণতা সম্পন্ন. See Reverberant meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is reverberant?
- Reverberant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce reverberant?
- Reverberant is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹənt/ (UK).
Words near reverberant in the dictionary
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