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单词 vocular
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vocularadj.

Brit. /ˈvɒkjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈvɑkjələr/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin vōcula , -ar suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin vōcula vocule n. + -ar suffix1. Compare earlier vocal adj.In sense 3 after vocule n.
rare.
1. Apparently: of or relating to a person's words. Obsolete.
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1654 J. Sheffield Rising Sun sig. U 8v If thou be not ingenuous, thou hast greater Faults of thy own to look over; and if thou bee, greater of mine then litteral or vocular to overlook; pass by anothers, amend thy own.
2. Vocal.
a. Phonetics. Uttered with vibration of the vocal cords; voiced. Cf. vocal adj. 1c. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing
vocal1668
sonant1808
vocalizing1809
vocular1812
voiced1850
phonetic1864
phonic1877
sonantizing1879
sonantic1892
sonorant1899
1812 J. G. Chambers Elements Orthogr. i. 4 If the voice necessarily accompany the articulation, it is rendered vocular.
b. Of the nature or character of a vowel; vocalic. Cf. vocal adj. 9. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [adjective]
vowellisha1637
vocalic1782
monophthongal1783
vocular1813
vocalistic1848
phthongal1875
vocal1887
vocoid1943
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey through Albania 1063 ΥΙ = E. This was pronounced as in the French huile, and had the vocular sound in our word wheel.
c. gen. Relating to, involving, or produced by the voice; (of a person) vociferous; = vocal adj. (in various senses).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > vocal sound
vocala1460
vocular1832
phonic1841
phonal1859
1832 New Monthly Mag. 35 267 One..who, though now a land-agent's wife, had in early youth been remarkable for her vocular powers in crying ‘fish’.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. vii. 104 Something which would render the series of vocular exclamations so designated [sc. howling], an involuntary process.
1892 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 8 June 12/4 The rival delegates were about equally balanced in vocular fervor, the noise of their shouting being so great that the pain of it made many quick to clap protecting hands over outraged ears.
1935 Oregon State Bar Bull. Dec. 8 He was a very active, vocular, aggressive, and progressive secretary.
1976 Gallup (New Mexico) Independent 20 Nov. 6/5 Butch Felix..amused the audience with vocular and well-sung take-offs of familiar country songs.
3. Consisting of a vocule (see vocule n.). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [adjective] > others
harda1722
lunar1776
solar1776
cerebral1816
emphatic1855
mobile1861
vocular1884
movable1933
pre-final1934
prenasalized1937
mellow1956
1884 J. E. Murdoch Analytic Elocution v. 44 The slow but forcible pronunciation of such words as bad, hub, tug, rub, etc., will illustrate this vocular termination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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