stertorous

1. 1.

   of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

   Similarnoisy

Questions about stertorous

What does stertorous mean?

stertorous means "of breathing having a heavy snoring sound".

How many syllables are in stertorous?

stertorous has 3 syllables: ster-to-rous. The stress falls on "ster".

Is stertorous a common word?

stertorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.