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throatiness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1859, “Stonehenge” (John Henry Walsh), The Dog in Health and Disease, London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, Chapter 3, p. 49, Both, however, were large, bony hounds, with long falling ears, but the southern hounds had absolute dewlaps, or at all events such excessive throatiness as to make them rejected in the present day on that account alone.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English throaty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English throatiness From throaty + -ness.