Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To use r too frequently.
- To make wrong use of r; pronounce r with vibration of the uvula instead of the tip of the tongue.
- To convert other sounds, as s, into r; substitute r in pronunciation.
- Also spelled rhotacise, rotacize, rotacise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a
rhotacism ). - verb linguistics The change of a consonant to an 'R' in certain circumstances.
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