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stertorous

/ˈstɜː.təɹ.əs/US/ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs/

stertorous adjective: sounding like snoring or snorting.

Adjective

stertorous (comparative more stertorous, superlative most stertorous)

  1. Sounding like snoring or snorting.
    • stertorous respirations
    • Baldy had not moved since lying down, and his regular and somewhat sterterous breathing […] told Monica that he was alive and resting comfortably.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IX, in The Understanding Heart

stertorous meaning in Tamil

stertorous in Tamil

குறட்டை விடுகிற

Forms of stertorous

comparativemore stertorous
superlativemost stertorous

Origin of stertorous

From Latin stertō (“to snore”).

Words formed from stertorous

Questions about stertorous

What does stertorous mean?
Stertorous means sounding like snoring or snorting.
What is stertorous in Tamil?
Stertorous in Tamil is குறட்டை விடுகிற. See Stertorous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stertorous?
Stertorous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce stertorous?
Stertorous is pronounced /ˈstɜː.təɹ.əs/ (UK).

Words near stertorous in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stertorous (page history and authors); stertorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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