rauqueadj.
/rɔːk/, U.S. /rɔk/ Now rare.
Hoarse, harsh. Cf. rauk adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound
hoarsec1369
ganglinga1398
roughlyc1400
rauk?a1425
rustyc1430
hask?1440
savagea1450
raw1474
hoar?a1505
harsh1530
untunable1545
jarring1552
jarry1582
barking1589
absonant1600
wrangling1608
raucous1615
asper1626
streperous1637
scrannel1638
caterwaulinga1652
unmelodious1665
jangling1667
latrant1702
untuneful1709
raucid1730
unharmonious1742
unmelodized1771
unmelodic1823
raucal1826
rauque1845
raspish1847
serratic1859
jangled1874
jangly1891
amelodic1937
1845 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 4/1 One, larger, and more dreadful than the other, sung in a ‘rauque’ voice, that sounded like the clank of machinery, a rude song.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 214 The rauque bellow of the hippopotamus is heard on its banks.
1899 N.Y. Times Illustr. Mag. 30 Apr. 14/3 Her voice was harsh, rauque, as they say, when she finished.
1905 S. Fitzgerald Track of Moors xii. 189 Among all those rauque voices there is not one who can make a mistake which will escape the ear of the instructor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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