transaudient
English
Etymology
trans- + audient
Adjective
transaudient (comparative more transaudient, superlative most transaudient)
- Permitting the passage of sound.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
- There were dwarfs, also, who danced and sang, and many a proprietor regretted the transaudient properties of canvas, which allowed the frugal public to share in the melody without entering the booth
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
References
- transaudient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913