raucity


rau·cous

R0057500 (rô′kəs)adj.1. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.2. Boisterous and disorderly: "a drunken and raucous party for his bachelor friends" (Louis Auchincloss).
[From Latin raucus.]
rau′cous·ly adv.rau′cous·ness, rau′ci·ty (rô′sĭ-tē) n.

raucity

the state or quality of sounding hoarse or harsh. — raucous, adj.See also: Sound