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breathiness

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breath⋅y

  [breth-ee]
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–adjective, breath⋅i⋅er, breath⋅i⋅est.
(of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
Origin:
1520–30; breath + -y 1

Related forms:
breath⋅i⋅ness, noun
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breath·y   (brěth'ē)   
adj.   breath·i·er, breath·i·est
Marked by or as if by audible or noisy breathing: a breathy voice.
breath'i·ly adv., breath'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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