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hoarse.

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/hɔːs/Received-Pronunciation/hoːs/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/hoɾs/Scotland/hoːs/

  1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

verb/hɔːs/Received-Pronunciation/hoːs/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/hoɾs/Scotland/hoːs/

  1. To utter hoarsely; to croak.

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

noun

  1. Obsolete spelling of horse.

    alt-of · obsolete
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