different between crepitous vs crepitus

English

Adjective

crepitous (comparative more crepitous, superlative most crepitous)

1. grating, crackling or popping

Related terms

• crepitus

Anagrams

• croupiest, outprices, prices out, uroseptic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crepitus.

Noun

crepitus (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

Synonyms

• crepitation

Related terms

• crepitous

Translations

Anagrams

• cuprites, pictures, piecrust

Latin

Etymology

From crep? (“rattle, creak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kre.pi.tus/, [?k??p?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kre.pi.tus/, [?k???pit?us]

Noun

crepitus m (genitive crepit?s); fourth declension

1. rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering

   Crepitus digitorum.

   Snapping of the fingers.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Related terms

• crepit?culum
• crepit?
• crep?
• crepundia

Descendants

• English: crepitus
• Italian: crepito
• Romanian: cr?p?t
• Spanish: crépito

References

• crepitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crepitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crepitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• crepitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette