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strepent

strepent adjective: noisy.

Adjective

strepent (comparative more strepent, superlative most strepent)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Noisy.
    • Peace to the ſtrepent horn ! / Let no harſh diſſonance diſturb the morn, / No ſounds inelegant and rude / Her ſacred ſolitudes profane !1750, William Shenstone, “Rural Elegance: An Ode to the Late Ducheſs of Somerset”, in Robert Dodsley, editor, A Collection of Poems, published 1758, page 13
    • But since Reaumer could never witness this, I shall not insist upon your believing it, though the relater declares that he had heard it with his ears, and seen it with his eyes, and had called many to witness the vibrating and strepent wings of this trumpeter bumble-bee.1817, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction to Entomology: or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects, page 384

Forms of strepent

comparativemore strepent
superlativemost strepent

Origin of strepent

From Latin strepent, from strepere (“to noise”); compare obstreperous.

Questions about strepent

What does strepent mean?
Strepent means noisy.
What part of speech is strepent?
Strepent is an adjective.

Words near strepent in the dictionary

  1. Strep pneumo
  2. Strep pyo
  3. strep throat
  4. strepadhesin
  5. strepavidin
  6. strepent
  7. streperous
  8. Strephon
  9. Strephons
  10. strephosymbolia
  11. strepitant

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