Crossword-Solution: RHOTACISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rhotacism | n. | An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RHOTACISM | anagram | CORASMITH |
We have 2 clues for the answer “RHOTACISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Mispronunciation of "r" | 1 answer |
| Overuse of the letter "r." | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and
rolling, with noise.
Hint 2 anagram
OPLAWL
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with RHOTACISM (3)
They show more plainly (at least concerning rhotacism) than my own notes, some imperfections of articulation of the child in the second year, which occur, however, only in single individuals.
RHOTACISM, r[=o]'ta-sizm, _n._ erroneous pronunciation of the letter _r_: burring: the tendency of _s_ to change into _r_.--_v.i._ RH[=O]'TACISE.
They comprise chiefly: _sigmatism_ or imperfect pronunciation of _s_; _rhotacism_ or imperfect pronunciation of _r_; _lambdacism_ or imperfect pronunciation of _l_; _gammacism_ or imperfect pronunciation, of _g_; _iotacism_, defective pronunciation of the gutturals; _mogilalia_, imperfect pronunciation of the labials, and according to some authors, as Preyer, mogilalia is made to include also the suppression of the first sound of a word.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1963–1971).