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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishloude,loud,lud, fromOld Englishhlūd(“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), fromProto-West Germanic*hlūd, fromProto-Germanic*hlūdaz,*hlūþaz(“heard”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱlewtos(“heard, famous”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱlew-(“to hear”). More atlisten.

Cognates

Akin toScotsloud,lowd(“loud”),Swedishljud,West Frisianlûd(“loud”),Dutchluid(“loud”),Low Germanlud(“loud”),Germanlaut(“loud”),Irishclú(“repute”),Welshclywed(“heard”),clod(“praise”),Latinlaudare(“praise”),Tocharian A/Bklots/klautso 'ear',klyostär 'heard',Ancient Greekκλυτός(klutós,“famous”),Albanianquaj(“to name, call”),shquar(“famous, notorious”),Old Armenianլու(lu,“the act of hearing”),Old Church Slavonicслава(slava,“glory”),слово(slovo,“word”),Sanskritश्रव(śráva,“glory”).

Adjective

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One ofhumanity'sloudestinventions: theSaturn V rocket. Its roar was deafening.

loud (comparativelouder,superlativeloudest)

  1. (of a sound) Of greatintensity.
    Turn that music down; it's tooloud.
    What was that? It sounded like a reallyloud sneeze.
    • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:
      Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such aloud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
  2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.)Noisy.
    aloud party that went on all night
  3. (of a person, event, etc.) Notsubtle orreserved,brash.
    • 1988 December 9, Ben Joravsky, “Property-tax assessments rise; north siders are revolting”, inChicago Reader‎[1], archived fromthe original on24 October 2020:
      Some of theloudest blubberers are developers who, having made enormous profits as a result of local, state, and federal subsidies, complain that government doesn't do enough for them.
  4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Havingunpleasantly andtastelesslycontrasting colours or patterns;gaudy.
    aloud style of dress; loud colors
    • 2006, Janis Mink,Joan Miró,→ISBN, page22:
      In comparison with theloudPortrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here.
  5. (of marijuana, slang)High-quality;premium;(by extension) having astrong orpungentodour indicating good quality.
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Terms derived fromloud (adjective)
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of a sound
noisy
of a colour, clothing, etc.

Noun

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loud (countable anduncountable,plurallouds)

  1. (colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
    • 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee,The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro, page103:
      The expander doesn't really make thelouds louder and the softs softer in one step[…]
  2. (slang, uncountable) High-qualitymarijuana.
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishloude, fromOld Englishhlūde(“loudly”), fromProto-Germanic*hlūda,*hlūdô(“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.

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loud (comparativelouder,superlativeloudest)

  1. Loudly.
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Etymology 1

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    Inherited fromOld Englishhlūd, fromProto-West Germanic*hlūd, fromProto-Germanic*hlūdaz, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱlutós.

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    loud (plural and weak singularloude,comparativeloudere)

    1. Loud,noisy; producingmuchsound.
    2. (rare)Audible;detectable byhearing.
    3. (rare)Obvious; easilydetectable ordiscernible.
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    loud

    1. alternative form ofloude(“loudly”)
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