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rau⋅cous

   [raw-kuhs]
–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
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rau·cous     (rô'kəs)  Pronunciation Key 
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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