What does megalophonous mean?
Megalophonous means Strident or pompous in expression; vociferous..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Strident or pompous in expression; vociferous..
Let the megalophonous grasshopper sound a blast and summon hither the perfunctory and circumforaneous TumbleBug, to the end that excavations may be made and learning gather new treasures.
The world loves wit, but is all aweary of those megalophonous burros who unbraid their ears and bray at men who are striving in all earnestness to solve the industrial problem.
Young students have been attracted from every country to become acolytes in the temples of a megalophonous Kultur whose priests are paid agents of a propaganda little suspected outside of the initiate.
The doors were closed against further admissions at 1 A. M., but not before a dozen callow youths had got in, their heads already buzzing with wine and their voices megalophonous with song.
“I hear some hard words passed between you?” “Yes; he called me a megalophonous megalasaurus,^([sic – meaning megalosaurus]) To which I retorted that, in comparison with him, the antediluvian cyclepteridæ would not have been in it
The free-trade Joshua has encompassed the protective Jericho seven times, tooted on the ram’s horn, piped on the pig whistle, pounded the tomtom and jangled the megalophonous cowbell, but the walls show nary a crack.
There was once a menagerie manager who owned a lousy old lion that had lost his teeth, but retained his voice. This antiquated king of beasts was a roarer from Roarville, and when he oped^([sic – meaning opened]) his mouth the windows rattled and small boys quaked with fear. […] The senior senator from Texas, now exhibiting his megalophonous feline mammal, should read this touching story. The roar of James Stephen has lost its terror.
The state of Maine on Saturday stood on its hind legs in congress, flopped its pendent ears and made the corridors of the capitol resound with its megalophonous voice.
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Megalophonous means Strident or pompous in expression; vociferous..
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Let the megalophonous grasshopper sound a blast and summon hither the perfunctory and circumforaneous TumbleBug, to the end that excavations may be made and learning gather new treasures.
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