Dictionary entry

Stridulous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Strid″u‐lous (?), a. [L. stridulus. See Strident.] Making a shrill, creaking sound. Sir T. Browne.

The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart. Longfellow.

Stridulous laryngitis(Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspnœa, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing.