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Webster 1913 Edition


Remugient

Re-mu′gi-ent

(r?-m?′j?-ent)
,
Adj.
[L.
remugiens
, p. pr. of
remugire
. See
Mugient
.]
Rebellowing.
Dr. H. More.

Definition 2024


remugient

remugient

English

Adjective

remugient (comparative more remugient, superlative most remugient)

  1. (rare) Resounding, echoing. [17th-18th c.]
    remugient echoes
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)
  2. (rare) Mooing, lowing. [from 20th c.]
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 96:
      The mud crusts underfoot, remugient beasts stir up the undergrowth, Johnson attracts flies: greenflies, blowflies, blackflies, crutflies.

Latin

Verb

remūgient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of remūgiō