gutturally
ər adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the throat.
2.
harsh; throaty.
3.
Phonetics. pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound [kh] .
noun
4.
a guttural sound.
Origin:
1585–95; < Neo-Latin gutturālis of the throat, equivalent to Latin guttur gullet, throat + -ālis -al1
1585–95; < Neo-Latin gutturālis of the throat, equivalent to Latin guttur gullet, throat + -ālis -al1
Related forms
gut·tur·al·ly, adverb
gut·tur·al·ness, gut·tur·al·i·ty, gut·tur·al·ism, noun
non·gut·tur·al, adjective
non·gut·tur·al·ly, adverb
non·gut·tur·al·ness, noun
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Gutturally
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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guttural (ˈɡʌtərəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | anatomy of or relating to the throat |
| 2. | phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular |
| 3. | raucous |
| —n | |
| 4. | phonetics a guttural consonant |
| [C16: from New Latin gutturālis concerning the throat, from Latin guttur gullet] | |
| 'gutturally | |
| —adv | |
| 'gutturalness | |
| —n | |
| guttur'ality | |
| —n | |
| 'gutturalism | |
| —n | |
| guttural (ˈɡʌtərəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | anatomy of or relating to the throat |
| 2. | phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular |
| 3. | raucous |
| —n | |
| 4. | phonetics a guttural consonant |
| [C16: from New Latin gutturālis concerning the throat, from Latin guttur gullet] | |
| 'gutturally | |
| —adv | |
| 'gutturalness | |
| —n | |
| guttur'ality | |
| —n | |
| 'gutturalism | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
guttural
1594, from M.Fr. guttural, from L. guttur "throat."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
guttural gut·tur·al (gŭt'ər-əl)
adj.
Of or relating to the throat.
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