STRIDULOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (STRIJ-uh-luhs)

MEANING: adjective: 1. Having or making a harsh grating sound. 2. Shrill or grating.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stridere (to make a harsh sound). Earliest documented use: 1611.
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STRADULOUS - sounding ike an old violin

ASTRIDULOUS - one leg on one side, one leg on the other

'STRIADULOUS - it sounds like a I-III-V chord

(Compare with the word for June 4, 2015. Something's not really cricket here!