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laryngean

laryngean is the archaic form of laryngeal.

Meaning of laryngeal

Adjective

laryngeal (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.
    • At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen.1871, S. G. Cook, “A Case of Hydrophobia”, in William A. Hammond, editor, The Journal of Psychological Medicine: Diseases of the Nervous System, Medical Jurisprudence and Anthropology, volume 5, page...
  2. (relational) (of a speech sound) Made by or with constriction of the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as "creaky voice."

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Questions about laryngean

What is laryngean the archaic form of?
Laryngean is the archaic form of laryngeal.

Words near laryngean in the dictionary

  1. laryngealized
  2. laryngealizes
  3. laryngealizing
  4. laryngeally
  5. laryngeals
  6. laryngean
  7. laryngectomee
  8. laryngectomees
  9. laryngectomies
  10. laryngectomize
  11. laryngectomized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laryngean (page history and authors); laryngeal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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