(adj.) strep-i-tous | ˈstrepətəs
— clamorous, noisy, boisterous, crash, din, great noise
Ex. use in Christianity: The earthquake that occurred at the moment of Christ’s death on the cross (Matthew 27:51).
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- from Latin strepitus noise, from strepo, -ere ‘to make a loud noise’ (Sall+)
- from PIE *strep-e/o (uncertain); OIc. prefa ‘to quarrel’, OIc. þrapt ‘gossip’ OE þræft, MLG drevlinge ‘quarrel’