clangorousadj.
/ˈklaŋɡərəs//ˈklaŋərəs/ Full of clangor.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adjective] > clanging
clanging1576
clangous1646
clangose1661
clangorous1712
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 334. ⁋4 The clangorous Noise of a Smith's Hammers.
1831 Blackwood's Mag. 874 A metallic music that seems to come clangorous from the cliffs.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 29 [Gongs] give a clangorous echo.
Derivatives
ˈclangorously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adverb] > clanging
clangorously1858
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. xi. 540 Friedrich Wilhelm's voice, clangorously plaintive.
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