STERTOROUS Meaning of STERTOROUS in English [ 'stə:t(ə)rəs ]■ adjective (of breathing) noisy and laboured.Derivatives~ly adverb OriginC19: from mod. L. stertor 'snoring sound' (from L. stertere 'to snore') + -ous . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004