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reverberant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• rĭvûrʹbərənt (Received-Pronunciation)
• rēvərʹbərənt (General-American)
• rəvərʹbərənt (General-American)
• /ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈvɝbəɹənt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹiˈvɝbəɹənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (of a lion’s tail, rare) 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, […] 1597, John Bossewell, Works of Armorie: devided into 3 Bookes, intituled the Concordes of Armorie, the Armorie of Honor and of lotes and creastes, page 42:
   • A Lion rampant regardant, the tail reverberant or beaten back, or reboundant, as having beaten it to his back, and it hath rebounded again from thence. 1688, Randle Holme, Academy of Armory:
2. Tending to reverberate.
   • beneath the reverberant branches 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):
   • His snoring was reverberant.

Forms

Deriveds

reverberantly

Relateds

reverberance