loud
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
Adjective
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loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- (of a sound) Of great intensity.
- Turn that music down; it's too loud.
- What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- 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.
- (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
- a loud party that went on all night
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs vii:11:
- She is loud and stubborn.
- (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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Noun
[edit]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 […]
- (slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.
Adverb
[edit]loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- Loudly.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
- Who knocks so loud at door?
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 14, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book 7, pages 71-72:
- 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.
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old English hlūd, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós.
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[edit]loud (plural and weak singular loude, comparative loudere)
- Loud, noisy; producing much sound.
- (rare) Audible; detectable by hearing.
- (rare) Obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
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[edit]- “lǒud, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-01.
Etymology 2
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[edit]loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)
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