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gutturalism

gutturalism noun: the quality of being guttural.

Noun

gutturalism (usually uncountable, plural gutturalisms)

  1. (usually) The quality of being guttural.
    • to reassert the languishing gutturalism of h and (we may add) of r.1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue

Forms of gutturalism

pluralgutturalisms

Origin of gutturalism

From guttural + -ism.

Questions about gutturalism

What does gutturalism mean?
Gutturalism means the quality of being guttural.
What part of speech is gutturalism?
Gutturalism is a noun.
What is the plural of gutturalism?
The plural of gutturalism is gutturalisms.

Words near gutturalism in the dictionary

  1. gutturalisation
  2. gutturalise
  3. gutturalised
  4. gutturalises
  5. gutturalising
  6. gutturalism
  7. gutturalisms
  8. gutturalities
  9. gutturality
  10. gutturalization
  11. gutturalizations

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