reiterant

[ ree-it-er-uhnt ]

adjective

1. reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:

   reiterant chatter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reiterant¹

1600–10; < Latin reiterant- (stem of reiterāns ), present participle of reiterāre. See reiterate, -ant

Example Sentences

In Heaven they said so; and at Eden's gate,— And here, reiterant, in the wilderness.

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Lockstep, handcuffs, ankle-ball-and-chain, Dulltoil and dreary food and drink; Small cell, cold cell, narrow bed and hard; High wall, thick wall, window iron-barred; Stone-paved, stone-pent little prison yard— Young hearts weary of monotony and pain, Young hearts weary of reiterant refrain: "They say—they do—what will people think?"

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In Heaven they said so, and at Eden's gate, And here, reiterant, in the wilderness.

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“The world’s book now reads drily,” except, indeed, for such as are enwrapped and mummified in the garments of the reiterant daily commonplace.

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There was a steady, reiterant rap of them on the sand-bags, very irritating to the nerves, and bits of the parapet splashed viciously into the trench over the crouching men.

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