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louden

verb
/ˈlaʊdn̩/UK

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from the parish of Loudoun, in East Ayrshire.

  1. derived from *ḱlew-✻
  2. derived from *ḱlewtos✻
  3. derived from *hlūdaz✻
  4. derived from *hlūd✻
  5. derived from hlūd
  6. inherited from loude
  7. suffixed as louden — “loud + en”

Definitions

  1. To become louder.

    • The shouts of the bookies were now loudening outside in the sunlight, and when I'd slipped on my raincoat we went out to see what we could of the Light Weight Race.

  2. A surname.

  3. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA