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vocule

vocule noun: an emphatic aspiration or burst of air.

Noun

vocule (plural vocules)

  1. (archaic) An emphatic aspiration or burst of air.
    • The emphatic vocule denotes great energy of sentiment1827, James Rush, The Philosophy of the Human Voice
    • This vocule is often changed from an aspiration to a vocality, in attempts give strong emphasis on the termination of a word.1846, J. Weaver ·, A System of Practical Elocution and Rhetorical Gesture, page 213

Forms of vocule

pluralvocules

Origin of vocule

Borrowed from Latin vocula, diminutive of vox, vocis (“voice”).

Questions about vocule

What does vocule mean?
Vocule means an emphatic aspiration or burst of air.
What part of speech is vocule?
Vocule is a noun.
What is the plural of vocule?
The plural of vocule is vocules.

Words near vocule in the dictionary

  1. vocologists
  2. vocology
  3. VOCs
  4. vocs.
  5. vocular
  6. vocule
  7. vocules
  8. vod
  9. vodanium
  10. vodcast
  11. vodcasted

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