Stertorous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stertorous \Ster"to*rous\ (st[~e]r"t[-o]*r[u^]s), a. [L.
     stertere to snore: cf. F. stertoreux.]
     Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompanies
     inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence,
     hoarsely breathing; snoring.
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           Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek. --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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           The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room,
           before his stertorous breathing lulls.   --Dickens.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stertorous
       adj : of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "stertorous":
     asthmatic, brassy, brazen, breathing, choked, coarse, cracked,
     croaking, croaky, dry, errhine, expiratory, gruff, guttural, harsh,
     harsh-sounding, heaving, hoarse, huffing, husky, inspiratory,
     metallic, nasal, panting, pneumonic, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic,
     ragged, raucid, raucous, respiratory, rhinal, rough, roupy, rude,
     sneezy, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snoring, snorting, snuffling,
     snuffly, snuffy, squawking, squawky, sternutatory, strangled,
     thick, throaty, tinny, wheezing, wheezy