noiseful
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]noiseful (comparative more noiseful, superlative most noiseful)
- (obsolete) Loud; clamorous.
- 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “The Holy Grail”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; VI), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 102:
- From noiseful arms, and acts of prowess done / In tournament or tilt, Sir Percivale, / Whom Arthur and his knighthood call'd The Pure, / Had pass'd into the silent life of prayer,
References
[edit]- “noiseful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.