brontide | Word of the Day

June 02, 2018 brontide [bron-tahyd] noun 1. a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity. language Laurel And Other Trending Words This Week ways to say TV Shows And Songs That Improved Our Vocabulary WORD OF THE DAY brontide continued... QUOTES “What's a brontide?” she said, keeping him from bolting. ... "They're like thunder on a clear day. They're like the unexplained sounds of artillery when there's no battle." -- Gary Fincke, "Faculty X," Emergency Calls, 1996 ORIGIN Brontide is an uncommon word, probably formed from the Greek noun brontḗ "thunder" and the suffix -ide, a variant of -id ("offspring of") occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, and productive in English especially in names of dynasties (e.g., Attalid) and in names of periodic meteor showers, with the base noun usually denoting the constellation in which the shower appears (e.g., Perseid). Brontḗ appears in brontosaurus "thunder lizard" and is from the same Proto-Indo-European root bhrem- (with a variant brem-) "to growl" as Latin fremitus "dull roar," Old High German breman and Old English bremman, both meaning "to roar," and Slavic (Polish) brzmieć "to make a sound." Brontide entered English about 2000. OTHERS ARE READING 1 These Tweets Describe Motherhood Perfectly We'd cry if we weren't laughing so hard at these Twitter Moms 2 Laurel And Other Trending Words This Week Or Is It Yanny? Either Way, You Can't Escape It. 3 More Than Trippy Our Favorite Viral Optical Illusions Explained 4 Recite These Words When You're Feeling Stressed Saying These Words Every Day Will Create Happiness In Your Life 5 Which English Do You Speak? A Glimpse Into The Differences Between US, UK, And Aussie English © 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy