megaphonicadj.
/ˌmɛɡəˈfɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛɡəˈfɑnɪk/ Of a voice, etc.: resembling the sound produced by a megaphone; very loud, booming. Of a person: having such a voice. Also in extended use.
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1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. xvi. 290 She had escaped even the microscopic research and the megaphonic talk of a small country place like Highwood.
1926 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 36 210 Extraordinary restraint and simplicity when compared with the megaphonic deliverances from the business office which are becoming too common.
1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues vi. 227 His heavy, megaphonic voice is difficult to understand above the inadequacies of the Paramount recording.
1990 Take a Break 8 Sept. 3 Megaphonic TV boss Janet Street-Porter owns a wacky selection of spectacles.
1993 Times 7 July 11/1 Mrs Clinton's famous megaphonic approach to political life is regarded in Japan with awe and suspicion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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