dog's lettern.

Brit.

/ˈdɒɡz ˌlɛtə/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɡz ˌlɛdər/,

/ˈdɑɡz ˌlɛdər/

Forms: 1500s dogges letter, 1600s dogs letter, 1800s– dog's letter.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: dog n.¹, letter n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of dog n.¹ + letter n.¹, after classical Latin littera canīna (Persius).

A name for the letter R (from its resemblance in sound to the snarl of a dog). Now rare.

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dog's lettera1552

doggish letter1599

trill1848

roll1855

hirrient1860

a1552 A. Barclay tr. S. Brant Stultifera Nauis (1570) f. 69 This man malicious which troubled is with wrath, Nought els soundeth but the hoorse letter R Though all be well, yet he none aunswere hath, Sauve the dogges letter, glowming with nar nar.

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. i. 82 A blasphemous censure..which eyther may be termed a kinde of scurrility, or knauish carping,..or else a doubling of the Dogs letter R. out of their snarling nostrils.

a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iv, in Wks. (1640) III R is the Dogs Letter, and hurreth in the sound; the tongue striking the inner palate, with a trembling about the teeth.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 55 Whose pamphlet is perpetuus Rhotacismus, one snarling Dogs-letter all over.

1830 Westm. Rev. 12 356 There is only the difference of the dog's letter between friend and [fiend].

1858 R. D. Bulwer-Lytton World & his Wife I. ii. ii. 9 In this short query the dog's letter, the r, whirred through the air.

1943 E. Esar Comic Dict. at R The dog's letter-r-r.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dogs letter
释义	dog's lettern. Brit. /ˈdɒɡz ˌlɛtə/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡz ˌlɛdər/, /ˈdɑɡz ˌlɛdər/ Forms: 1500s dogges letter, 1600s dogs letter, 1800s– dog's letter. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: dog n.¹, letter n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of dog n.¹ + letter n.¹, after classical Latin littera canīna (Persius). A name for the letter R (from its resemblance in sound to the snarl of a dog). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > liquid > trill dog's lettera1552 doggish letter1599 trill1848 roll1855 hirrient1860 a1552 A. Barclay tr. S. Brant Stultifera Nauis (1570) f. 69 This man malicious which troubled is with wrath, Nought els soundeth but the hoorse letter R Though all be well, yet he none aunswere hath, Sauve the dogges letter, glowming with nar nar. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. i. 82 A blasphemous censure..which eyther may be termed a kinde of scurrility, or knauish carping,..or else a doubling of the Dogs letter R. out of their snarling nostrils. a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iv, in Wks. (1640) III R is the Dogs Letter, and hurreth in the sound; the tongue striking the inner palate, with a trembling about the teeth. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 55 Whose pamphlet is perpetuus Rhotacismus, one snarling Dogs-letter all over. 1830 Westm. Rev. 12 356 There is only the difference of the dog's letter between friend and [fiend]. 1858 R. D. Bulwer-Lytton World & his Wife I. ii. ii. 9 In this short query the dog's letter, the r, whirred through the air. 1943 E. Esar Comic Dict. at R The dog's letter-r-r. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1552
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