Bellow vs Mugient - What's the difference?
bellow | mugient |
To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
* Dryden
To shout in a deep voice.
*{{quote-news, year=2012
, date=May 13
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd
, work=BBC Sport
(obsolete) lowing; bellowing
* Sir Thomas Browne
As a noun bellow
is the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.As a verb bellow
is to make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.As an adjective mugient is
(obsolete) lowing; bellowing.bellow
English
Verb
(en verb)- the bellowing voice of boiling seas
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References
mugient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That a bittern maketh that mugient noise.
