stertorious
English
Etymology
From stertor + -ious.
Adjective
stertorious (comparative more stertorious, superlative most stertorious)
- (obsolete) Stertorous.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar’:
- By this time his pulse was imperceptible and his breathing was stertorious, and at intervals of half a minute.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar’: