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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRIDULOUS, a. [L.] Making a small harsh sound or a creaking.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin stridulus, from stridere, strid?re Date: 1611 making a shrill creaking sound • stridulously adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stridulous Strid"u*lous, a. [L. stridulus. See Strident.] Making a shrill, creaking sound. --Sir T. Browne. The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart. --Longfellow. Stridulous laryngitis (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[oe]a, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Grating, harsh, creaking.