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rau⋅cous

  [raw-kuhs]
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–adjective
1. harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
2. rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party.
Origin:
1760–70; < L raucus hoarse, harsh, rough; see -ous

Related forms:
rau⋅cous⋅ly, adverb
rau⋅cous⋅ness, rau⋅ci⋅ty  [raw-si-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
1. rough, jarring, raspy.

Antonyms:
1. soft, mellow, dulcet.
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rau·cous   (rô'kəs)   
adj.  
  1. Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
  2. Boisterous and disorderly: "the raucous give and take of American democracy" (Charles Kuralt).

[From Latin raucus.]
rau'cous·ly adv., rau'cous·ness, rau'ci·ty (rô'sĭ-tē) n.
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Raucity

Rau"ci*ty\, n. [L. rausitas, from raucus hoarse: cf. F. raucit['e].] Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
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