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tonitruous

tonitruous adjective: thundering.

Adjective

tonitruous (comparative more tonitruous, superlative most tonitruous)

  1. thundering
    Synonyms:
    tonitruant

Synonyms of tonitruous

Forms of tonitruous

comparativemore tonitruous
superlativemost tonitruous

Origin of tonitruous

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tonitruōsus, from tonitrus (“thunder”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

Questions about tonitruous

What does tonitruous mean?
Tonitruous means thundering.
What part of speech is tonitruous?
Tonitruous is an adjective.

Words near tonitruous in the dictionary

  1. tonitruant
  2. tonitruate
  3. tonitruated
  4. tonitruates
  5. tonitruating
  6. tonitruous
  7. Tonja
  8. tonjon
  9. tonjons
  10. tonk
  11. tonka

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