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Stentorian
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| noisily and stubbornly defiant |
| of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth |
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stentorian
"of powerful voice," 1605, from Stentor, legendary Gk. herald in the Trojan War, whose voice (described in the "Iliad") was as loud as 50 men. His name is from Gk. stenein "groan, moan," from PIE imitative base *(s)ten-, source of O.E. þunor "thunder."
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