hoarse
adj/hɔːs/UK/hoː(ə)ɹs/
Etymology
From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).
Definitions
Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
- I am old and my voice is hoarse […]
To utter hoarsely
To utter hoarsely; to croak.
- "See anything, mum?" she hoarsed. “No—I think it's lower down. Go back to bed, Jane. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. Someone's forgotten something, that's all.” She wanted to get rid of Jane without knowing exactly.
- "Helene," he croaked, reaching out his arms—his voice tensed with the infinity of his desire. "Back," she iced. And then, "Why have you come here?" she hoarsed. "What business have you here?"
Obsolete spelling of horse.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hoarse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA