reverberant

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reverberant

  • /ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹənt/ UK
  • /ɹəˈvɝbəɹənt/ US
  • /ɹiˈvɝbəɹənt/ US

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From Middle French reverberant (present participle of reverberer), or directly from Latin reverberāns (present participle of reverberō); compare French réverbérant, Italian riverberante, Portuguese reverberante, and Spanish reverberante.

adjective more reverberant · most reverberant

  1. rare, of a lion’s tail Turned up sigmoidally, with the end pointing outward; reboundant. Their tailes forked, nowed, resignant, reuerberant, descendant, percussed and contercoloured. In all these fourmes, or likenesses they are descriued, and pictured: as also otherwise ensigned or marked, then here is remembred. Wherefore I wil presently write more, […]
  2. Tending to reverberate. His snoring was reverberant.

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@misc{reverberant_2026,
  title = {reverberant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reverberant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}