throatiness

Noun

throatiness (uncountable)

1. The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness.
   • Mademoiselle de Roissi’s voice […] is quite free from that throatiness of sound, an invariable characteristic of French voices, which, had we no evidence to the contrary, would lead us to suppose, that Mdlle. de Roissi had studied vocalization in Italy […]1848 November 4, “Dramatic Intelligence”, in The Musical World, volume 23, number 45, page 716
   • Amazement took the throatiness out of his voice.1930, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 11, in The Maltese Falcon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 130
2. The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.
   • We have before noticed, that a pendulous skin under the throat, what we term throatiness, is much esteemed, because it is supposed to denote a tendency both to wool and to a heavy fleece.1803, John Southey Somerville, Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen, London: William Miller, page 24
   • A variety was produced superior to the Merino in form, carrying less wool, but this more than compensated by its fineness. The excessive throatiness of the Paulars disappeared or was greatly diminished.1840, Willis Gaylord, Luther Tucker, chapter 9, in American Husbandry, volume 1, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 190