Stentorian
Adjective
- (Of a person’s voice) Loud and powerful.
Example Sentences
“The coach’s stentorian voice carried across the entire field.”
“It was a surprise to hear a stentorian voice coming from such a small body.”
“Even without a microphone, her stentorian tone silenced the noisy classroom.”
Word Origin
Greek, early 17th century
Why this word?
We can look to the ancient Greek poet Homer for the creation of this eponymous adjective. In the epic poem “The Iliad,” Stentor is the name of the herald who delivered proclamations to the Greek army during the Trojan War. It was said that his voice was as loud as 50 men together. ”Stentorian” developed as an adjective to describe a loud, booming voice, and “stentor” is a common noun for anyone with a powerful voice.
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