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raucity rare.|ˈrɔːsɪtɪ| [ad. L. raucitās, f. raucus hoarse: see raucous and -ity, and cf. F. raucité (Littré).] Harshness, roughness, hoarseness (of the voice or other sounds).
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 154 Aristotle calleth it Raucity, or hoarsness, like the low sound of a Trumpet. 1626Bacon Sylva §700 In the Raucity of a Trumpet. 1656in Blount. 1832Webster, Raucity,..among physicians, hoarseness of the human voice. 1860in Worcester (citing Hunt.) |