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loud

/ˈlaʊ̯d/ adjective

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adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about loud at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Of great intensity.
    Turn that music down; it's too loud.
  2. Not subtle or reserved, brash.
  3. Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
    a loud style of dress; loud colors

noun

  1. A loud sound or part of a sound.
  2. High-quality marijuana.

Origin

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.

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