rhotacize
verb
rho·ta·cize ˈrō-tə-ˌsīz 
rhotacized; rhotacizing; rhotacizes
intransitive verb
linguistics
: to undergo or produce rhotacism
Word History
Etymology
rhotac(ism) + -ize, or borrowed from Middle Greek rhōtakízein "to use the letter ρ or the sound r excessively or incorrectly," derivative of rhô "the letter ρ," after *iōtakízein, presupposed by iōtakismós "excessive use of the letter ι," derivative, with -izein -ize, of iôta iota (with -k- of uncertain origin)
First Known Use
1870, in the meaning defined above
- penny stock
- penny wedding
- penny whistle
- penny whistles
- penny-a-liner
- penny-ante
- penny-dreadful
- penny-farthing
- penny-pinch
- penny-pincher
- penny-pinchers
- penny-pinching
- penny-plain
- penny-wise
- self-treatments
- self-treats
- self-trust
- self-un
- self-understanding
- self-understandings
- self-unfruitful
- self-unfruitfulness
- self-unloader
- self-validating
- self-validation