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stridulous

stridulous


  1  definition  found 
 
  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.