HOARSE, HOARSENESS
ADJECTIVES
► CROAKY hoarse → 1896 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GIN AND FOG of a voice: hoarse with that peculiar quality of ‘fruitiness’ which spirituous indulgence causes → c1880 sl., orig. theatrical
► HAISS hoarse → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEAZY hoarse, breathing with difficulty, wheezing → 1790 Eng. dial.
► HESS hoarse → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAUCID hoarse, raucous, harsh-sounding → 1730
► RAWK hoarse → 19C Sc.
► REASTY hoarse → 1878 Eng. dial.
► REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly → 1875 Eng. dial.
► THROPPLE-HOARSE hoarse → 1884 Sc.
► THROATY guttural, hoarse → 1645
► RUSTY of a sound: harsh, grating, raucous; of a person’s voice: hoarse, croaky → c1430
NOUNS
► CRAWK a hoarse sound, a squawk → 1915
► REAST hoarseness → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAUP ► YAWP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird → 1824
VERBS
► CAW to breathe with difficulty; to make a hoarse noise, to gasp for breath → 1890 Eng. dial.
► CRAKE to quaver hoarsely in singing; to speak hoarsely → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRAWK to utter a hoarse sound, to squawk → 1845
► CROUP to speak hoarsely, as one does under the effects of a cold → 1825 Sc.
► GOOZLE to speak hoarsely → 1972 Amer. dial.