Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a loud voice; vociferous; clamorous.
  • Of grand or imposing sound.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a loud voice.

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  • adjective Having a loud voice.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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Examples

  • This is at once more descriptive and more megalophonous, -- but the alliteration of the text had captivated the vulgar ear of the herd of later commentators.

    The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807

  • This is at once more descriptive and more megalophonous, -- but the alliteration of the text had captivated the vulgar ear of the herd of later commentators.

    The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807

  • This is at once more descriptive and more megalophonous, — but the alliteration of the text had captivated the vulgar ear of the herd of later commentators. — [SHELLEY’S NOTE.]

    The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

  • Let the megalophonous grasshopper sound a blast and summon hither the perfunctory and circumforaneous Tumble-Bug, to the end that excavations may be made and learning gather new treasures. "

    Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

  • Let the megalophonous grasshopper sound a blast and summon hither the perfunctory and circumforaneous Tumble-Bug, to the end that excavations may be made and learning gather new treasures. "

    Sketches New and Old Mark Twain 1872

  • Let the megalophonous grasshopper sound a blast and summon hither the perfunctory and circumforaneous Tumble-Bug, to the end that excavations may be made and learning gather new treasures. "

    Sketches New and Old, Part 3. Mark Twain 1872

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  • The seal and the walrus are loud.

    Thus vocally richly endowed,

    Chat megalophonous

    Renders cacophonous

    The prissiest pinniped crowd.

    November 26, 2014