gutturalism

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noun

The quality of being guttural.

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Meanings

noungutturalism (usually uncountable, plural gutturalisms)

plural gutturalisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being guttural.

    to reassert the languishing gutturalism of h and (we may add) of r.

    1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue

Origin

From guttural + -ism.

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APA

gutturalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gutturalism

MLA

“gutturalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gutturalism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gutturalism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gutturalism.

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