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.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
