| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | stri·dent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  str d nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant. See synonyms at loud. , vociferous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin strd ns, strdent-, present participle of strdre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin. | | OTHER FORMS: | stridence, striden·cy —NOUN
strident·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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