Obs. rare–1. [f. next: see -OUS and -ITY.] High-sounding language.
1772. [T. Nugent], trans. Isla’s Hist. Friar Gerund, I. I. vii. 175. The blessed Domine … ravished with the streperosity [orig. Sp. con el estrepitoso sonido] of pentacontarch, captain, soldiers, and stipendiary, told his scholars [etc.].
