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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rho•ta•cism (rō′tə siz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Linguistics[Historical Ling.]a change of a speech sound, esp. (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- Phoneticsexcessive use of the sound (r), its misarticulation, or the substitution of another sound for it.
- Greek rhô rho + (io)tacism
- 1825–35
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