Bleaty

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a bleating sound.

    "The problem is that these two attributes seem to belong to two different voices: the top was altogether less satisfying than the bottom, and at the point at which they meet, his sound was dangerously bleaty."

Example

More examples

"The problem is that these two attributes seem to belong to two different voices: the top was altogether less satisfying than the bottom, and at the point at which they meet, his sound was dangerously bleaty."

Etymology

From bleat + -y.

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