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hirrient, a. and n. rare.|ˈhɪrɪənt|
[f. L. hirrient-em, pr. pple. of hirrīre to snarl.]
A. adj. ‘Snarling’; trilled.
B. n. A trilled sound. (Cf. litera canina, Lat. name for r.)
1832J. K[enrick] in Philol. Museum I. 618 The peculiar barbarism of the κᾶρες, which consisted in the frequent use of the hirrient ρ. 1860Farrar Orig. Lang. ii. 51 In the hirrients and the gutturals, the burr and roughness of the Northern tongues. |