reverberative

English

Etymology

From reverberate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɜː.bə.ɹə.tɪv/, /ɹəˈvɜː.bɹə.tɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvɝ.bəˌɹeɪ.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: re‧ver‧ber‧a‧tive

Adjective

reverberative (comparative more reverberative, superlative most reverberative)

1. Tending to reverberate or reflect.

   reverberative effects

   reverberative sounds

   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section VII, page 76:

     This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the maſs upon its centres.

References

• “reverberative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.