Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stridulous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stridulous \Strid"u*lous\, a. [L. stridulus. See {Strident}.]
Making a shrill, creaking sound. --Sir T. Browne.

The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart.
--Longfellow.

{Stridulous laryngitis} (Med.), a form of croup, or
laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[oe]a,
occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or
stridulous breathing.


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