transaudient

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ audient.

Adjective

transaudient (comparative more transaudient, superlative most transaudient)

1. Permitting the passage of sound.
   • 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:

     There were dwarfs, also, who danced and sang, and many a proprietor regretted the transaudient properties of canvas, which allowed the frugal public to share in the melody without entering the booth

References

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