transaudient
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
transaudient (comparative more transaudient, superlative most transaudient)
- Permitting the passage of sound.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels:
- There were dwarfs, also, who danced and sang, and many a proprietor regretted the transaudient properties of canvas, which allowed the frugal public to share in the melody without entering the booth
References edit
- “transaudient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.