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dog's letter

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin littera canīna.

  1. calqued from littera canīna

Definitions

  1. The letter R, which was trilled in Latin, imitating the sound of a snarling dog.

    • R is the Dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound; the tongue striking the inner palate, with a trembling about the teeth.
    • R: SOME call this the dog's letter, upon account of its harsh and rough pronunciation;[…]
    • And in this short query the dog's letter, the r, whirred through the air, like the ricket of a pheasant rising;[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA