GUTTURAL

croaky, guttural

(adjective) like the sounds of frogs and crows; ā€œa guttural voiceā€; ā€œacres of guttural frogsā€

guttural

(adjective) relating to or articulated in the throat; ā€œthe glottal stop and uvular ā€˜r’ and ā€˜ch’ in German ā€˜Bach’ are guttural soundsā€

guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant

(noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)

Sounding harsh and throaty.

(phonetics) Articulated at the back of the mouth.

(medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

Noun

guttural (plural gutturals)

A harsh and throaty spoken sound

Source: Wiktionary


Gut"tur*al, a. Etym: [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor.

Gut"tur*al, n.

Definition: A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be ā€œsatanic.ā€ However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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