throatinessn.
/ˈθrəʊtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈθroʊdinᵻs/ 1. With reference to animals: the state or condition of having loose pendulous flesh around the throat. Cf. throaty adj. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > hoarse or husky quality
hoarsenessc1000
rownessa1398
hoarseheadc1440
haskness?a1513
roup1579
raucity1607
retuseness1657
raucidity1669
throatiness1800
yawp1835
crackiness1891
the world > life > the body > skin > fold of skin > [noun] > at throat > condition of having
throatiness1800
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > jowl > state of having loose skin
throatiness1800
1800 Ld. Somerville Syst. Board Agric. 69 The second property to be noted in this breed [of sheep] is a tendency to throatiness, that is, a loose pendulous skin under the neck.
1847 Monthly Jrnl. Agric. (N.Y.) Oct. 171 Somewhat inclined to throatiness, but not so much so as the Rambouillets..wool whiter within than the Rambouillet.
1871 G. A. Lawrence Anteros II. iv. 47 You might pick out..one or two clear cases of throatiness.
1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) v. 80 The neck should be long and thin..showing neither gullet nor throatiness.
2001 A. Pavia Labrador Retriever Handbk. i. 8/2 The neck should be of proper length to allow the dog to retrieve game easily. lt should be muscular and free from throatiness.
2. With reference to sound or the voice: the quality or condition of being throaty (throaty adj. 1); guttural, rough, or husky quality; hoarseness.
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1851 Manch. Examiner & Times 11 Jan. 6/4 He still possesses faults it would be as well if he could abandon, particularly a throatiness of voice.
1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 163 In a few lessons I could get rid of that throatiness, and show her how to get a note or two from the chest.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Aug. 2/3 Influenza... The symptoms are always the same—rheumatism, throatiness, headache, and slight fever.
1909 N. Davis Wallace Rhodes i. 11 A man's voice that, except for a certain youthful throatiness and richness of note, might have been Rhodes' own.
1952 T. Bankhead Tallulah v. 139 I even gave up cigarettes when doctors said they contributed to my chronic throatiness.
2008 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Sept. (G2 section) 35 Admirers will take her throatiness as sexiness; detractors may infer nerves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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