Raucity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Harshness of sound; rough utterance uncountable

    "the raucity of a trumpet, or voice"

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cacophonycoarsenessdiscorddrynessharshnesshoarseness

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"the raucity of a trumpet, or voice"

Etymology

From rauc(ous) + -ity, from Latin raucitas, from raucus (“hoarse”). Compare French raucité.

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