raucid

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Etymology[edit]

Latin raucus hoarse; compare Latin raucidus.

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Adjective[edit]

raucid (comparative more raucid, superlative most raucid)

  1. (obsolete) Hoarse, raucous.
    • 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “To the Shade of Elliston”, in The Last Essays of Elia. [], London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, page 31:
      Methinks I hear the old boatman, paddling by the weedy wharf, with raucid voice, bawling "Sculls, Sculls:" [...]
    • 1896, The Fat Knight: His Complete Career with Conquests:
      Rank odors exhaling , war bird raucid screams

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