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megaphonic

[meg-uh-fohn] Origin

meg·a·phone

[meg-uh-fohn] noun, verb, -phoned, -phon·ing.
noun
1.
a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bull horn.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to transmit or speak through or as if through a megaphone.

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Megaphonic is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; mega- + -phone

meg·a·phon·ic [meg-uh-fon-ik] , adjective
meg·a·phon·i·cal·ly, adverb
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megaphone (ˈmɛɡəˌfəʊn)
 
n
See also loud-hailer a funnel-shaped instrument used to amplify the voice
 
megaphonic
 
adj
 
mega'phonically
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

megaphone
1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Gk. megas "great" (see mickle) + phone "voice" (see fame).
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