Stridulate (verb)
strid-oo-layt
(of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.
Mid 19th century: from French striduler, from Latin stridulus ‘creaking’, from the verb stridere.
Example sentences
“The stridulating crickets added sound to the late hour.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
