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Webster 1913 Edition

(ra̤′sĭ-ty̆)

Noun.

[L.

raucitas

, from

raucus

hoarse: cf. F.

raucité

Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness;

as, the

raucity

of a trumpet, or of the human voice

Noun.

[L. raucus, hoarse. Raucus is the Eng. rough, which see.]

Hoarseness; a loud rough sound; as the raucity of a trumpet.

Among physicians, hoarseness of the human voice.

raucity ‎(uncountable)

Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness.
the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice