transaudient

transaudient

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ audient

Adjective

transaudient (comparative more transaudient, superlative most transaudient)

1. 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

References

• transaudient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913