loud
See also: Loud
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- lowd (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.
Cognates
Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”).
AdjectiveEdit
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- (of a sound) Of great intensity.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
- Turn that music down; it's too loud.
- (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs vii. 11
- She is loud and stubborn.
- a loud party that went on all night
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs vii. 11
- (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
- (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
- a loud style of dress; loud colors
- 2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 22:
- In comparison with the loud Portrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here.
- (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from loud (adjective)
TranslationsEdit
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NounEdit
loud (countable and uncountable, plural louds)
- (colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
- 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro (page 103)
- The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […]
- 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro (page 103)
- (slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.
AdverbEdit
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- Loudly.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
- Who knocks so loud at door?
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 14, pp. 71-72,[2]
- Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English hlūd.
AdjectiveEdit
loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loud”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English hlūde.
AdverbEdit
loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)