Reboant
Adjective
- That reverberates or resounds loudly.
Example Sentences
“The church bells chimed a reboant song on the hour throughout the day.”
“My father’s reboant cry up the stairs let us know he came home early.”
“The bears will call to each other with reboant growls through the forest.”
Word Origin
Latin, early 19th century
Why this word?
“Reboant” is used almost exclusively in a poetic sense. Coming from the Latin verb “reboō,” meaning “to bellow or resound,” this adjective describes sounds that ring and reverberate with majestic volume. Someone wouldn’t use the adjective for a high, shrill note like a bird song. Instead, a reboant sound might be a ship’s horn blowing, a lion roaring, or a bell clanging in a tower.