单词 | strepitous |
释义 | strepitous, a.|ˈstrɛpɪtəs| [ad. mod.L. type *strepitōsus, f. L. strepitus noise, clatter, f. strepĕre to make a noise. Cf. It. strepitoso (used chiefly as musical term).] Noisy, accompanied with much noise. (Now used chiefly in musical criticism.)
1681Nevile Plato Rediv. 119 A poor Gentleman, who by means of the Harangue of a Strepitous Lawyer, was found guilty of Murder. 1854S. Dobell Balder vii. 40 In louder progress strepitous so came The great approach. 1893Guardian 8 Mar. 382/3 The overture is very long, very ambitious, very strident, and—as the analyst would say—very ‘strepitous’. 1903A. B. Walkley Dram. Crit. 100 These are the people who are for ever talking as though action must be something external and strepitous. |

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