microphonous /maɪ̯ˈkrɒ.fə.nəs/ adjective2 •(old-fashioned, rare) Heard through a microphone.The invasion of the microphonous tribe began in February, when Dusty and Goldie […] — 1926 •(no longer used, rare) Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; amplifying.Innumerable degrees of crime, but a whisper in the era of Kent and Blackstone, are now of microphonous volume in strenuousness, and as common as the asphyxial conditions which create it. — 1904 formsmore microphonous · most microphonous