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Definition of Raucity
1. n. Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
Definition of Raucity
1. Noun. Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raucity
1. the state of being raucous [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raucity
Literary usage of Raucity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To by George Fulton, G. Knight (1814)
"REA 27 Ravage, rav'âj, v. to lay waste ; to spoil—n. spoil ; ruin ; waste raucity,
... raucity ..."
2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"... was publish«! by Drown, though many bear his MS. names, and only the more
common species were indicated in the Appendix to ihe above voyage. A raucity ..."
3. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"It is true that inequality not stayed upon, but passing, is rather an increase
of sweetness ; as in the purling of a wreathed string ; and in the raucity of ..."
4. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"(speak imperfectly) 583. hoarseness &c. adj. ; raucity. steal on the ear ; melt
in -, float on- the air. Adj. inaudible; scarcely -, just- audible; low, ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"I could now perceive a peculiar rudesse de la voix, or raucity of voice, especially
in the act of crying, and which was not at all observed before this day. ..."
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