Gutturality

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being guttural. uncountable

    "gh was a reinforcement of the old gutturality of h"

  2. 2
    An instance of being guttural. countable

    "Quartermain launched into another effusion of fractured French mingled with made-up words resembling the singsong gutturalities of the Swedish actress with whom he'd spent a delightful weekend at Palm Springs last year."

Synonyms

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cacophonycoarsenessdiscorddrynessharshnessroughness

Example

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"gh was a reinforcement of the old gutturality of h"

Etymology

From guttural + -ity.

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