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1.
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
2.
having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.
3.
Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin strīdent- (stem of strīdēns), present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see -ent
1650–60; < Latin strīdent- (stem of strīdēns), present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see -ent
Related forms
stri·dence, stri·den·cy, noun
stri·dent·ly, adverb
non·stri·dent, adjective
o·ver·stri·dence, noun
o·ver·stri·den·cy, noun
EXPANDo·ver·stri·dent, adjective
o·ver·stri·dent·ly, adverb
un·stri·dent, adjective
un·stri·dent·ly, adverb
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Strident
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strident
1656, from Fr. strident, from L. stridentem (nom. stridens), prp. of stridere "utter an inarticulate sound, grate, screech," possibly of imitative origin.
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