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stertorious

stertorious adjective: stertorous.

Adjective

stertorious (comparative more stertorious, superlative most stertorious)

  1. (obsolete) Stertorous.
    • By this time his pulse was imperceptible and his breathing was stertorious, and at intervals of half a minute.1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Forms of stertorious

comparativemore stertorious
superlativemost stertorious

Origin of stertorious

From stertor + -ious.

Words formed from stertorious

Questions about stertorious

What does stertorious mean?
Stertorious means stertorous.
What part of speech is stertorious?
Stertorious is an adjective.

Words near stertorious in the dictionary

  1. sterrometal
  2. Sterry
  3. sterryite
  4. Stert
  5. stertor
  6. stertorious
  7. stertoriously
  8. stertorous
  9. stertorously
  10. stertorousness
  11. stertors

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