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Full-throated
//ˌfʊlˈθɹəʊtɪd// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously. also, figuratively
"[T]hou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, / In some melodious plot / Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, / Singest of summer in full-throated ease."
- 2 Showing strong feelings. figuratively
"[Andy] Warhol's portraits of Jackie [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis] could not be more full-throated in their sorrow because they are so obviously felt, a silent agony."
- 3 Of a woman: having ample breasts. dated, euphemistic
"There she sits, at the very opposite corner, just as far off as accident could put her from this handsome fellow, by whose side she ought, of course, to be sitting. [...] Tawny-haired, amber-eyed, full-throated, skin as white as a blanched almond."
Etymology
From full + throated.
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