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loud
English
Alternative forms
- lowd (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: loud, IPA(key): /la?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hl?d (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-Germanic *hl?daz, *hl?þaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lew- (“to hear”). Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek ?????? (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian ??? (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (slava, “glory”), ????? (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit ???? (?ráva, “glory”). More at listen.
Adjective
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- (of a sound) Of great intensity.
- (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs vii. 11
- She is loud and stubborn.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs vii. 11
- (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
- (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
- (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality
Synonyms
- (of clothing, etc): garish, gaudy
Antonyms
- (sound): quiet, soft
- (person): quiet
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
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 […]
- 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro (page 103)
- (slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.
See also
- dank
Etymology 2
From Middle English loude, from Old English hl?de (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hl?da, *hl?dô (“loudly”).
Adverb
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- Loudly.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
- Who knocks so loud at door?
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 14, pp. 71-72,[2]
- 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.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
Anagrams
- Ludo, ludo, ludo-, ould
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hl?d.
Adjective
loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loud”)
Etymology 2
From Old English hl?de.
Adverb
loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)
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leud
English
Etymology
1750, from Medieval Latin leud?s pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?léwd?is (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”), Gothic *???????????????????? (*liuþs), Old English l?od (“chief, man”). More at lede and leod.
Pronunciation
- enPR: lo?od, IPA(key): /lu?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophone: lewd
Noun
leud (plural leuds or leudes)
- (historical) A vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- antrustion
Anagrams
- ULed, duel, lude, lued
Middle English
Adjective
leud
- Alternative form of lewed
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
leud m (genitive singular leòid, plural leudan)
- breadth, width
Derived terms
- a leud
- domhan-leud
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