[Hartwood] Word of the day: stentorian

[John Mail]

stentorian    \sten-TOR-ee-un\ 

Definition 
 
adjective 
 
: extremely loud 
 
Examples
 
The foreman barked out his orders in a stentorian tone that could be heard clearly over the din of the factory's machinery.
 
"[Lawrence] Tanter … was the first voice to stand out among the bedlam when the Lakers came from behind to beat Boston in Game 7 of the 2010 Finals. He said simply in his stentorian way, 'Number 16.'" — Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2015
 
 

Did You Know?
 
The Greek herald Stentor was known for having a voice that came through loud and clear. In fact, in the Iliad, Homer described Stentor as a man whose voice was as loud as that of fifty men together. Stentor's powerful voice made him a natural choice for delivering announcements and proclamations to the assembled Greek army during the Trojan War, and it also made his name a byword for any person with a loud, strong voice. Both the noun stentor and the related adjective stentorian pay homage to the big-voiced warrior, and both have been making noise in English since the early 17th century.