Throatiness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness. uncountable
"Mademoiselle de Roissi’s voice […] is quite free from that throatiness of sound, an invariable characteristic of French voices, which, had we no evidence to the contrary, would lead us to suppose, that Mdlle. de Roissi had studied vocalization in Italy […]"
- 2 The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck. uncountable
"We have before noticed, that a pendulous skin under the throat, what we term throatiness, is much esteemed, because it is supposed to denote a tendency both to wool and to a heavy fleece."
Example
More examples"Mademoiselle de Roissi’s voice […] is quite free from that throatiness of sound, an invariable characteristic of French voices, which, had we no evidence to the contrary, would lead us to suppose, that Mdlle. de Roissi had studied vocalization in Italy […]"
Etymology
From throaty + -ness.
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