reverberant

reverberant
reverberantly, adv.
/ri verr"beuhr euhnt/, adj.
reverberating; reechoing: the reverberant booms of cannon.
[1565-75; < L reverberant- (s. of reverberans), prp. of reverberare, equiv. to re- RE- + verber(are) to beat, lash (deriv. of verber whip) + -ant- -ANT]

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