Definition of Rhotecism

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Definition of Rhotecism

Rho"ta*cism (?), n. [Gr. "rwtaki`zein to use the letter r (ρ) overmuch: cf. F. rhotacisme.] An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

Rho"ta*cism (?), n. [Gr. "rwtaki`zein to use the letter r (ρ) overmuch: cf. F. rhotacisme.] An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

an exaggerated use of the sound of the letter "r"

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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