Rhotacism

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  • n. An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.
  • n. : A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos becoming florem in the accusative case.
  • n. Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Too frequent use of r.
  • n. Erroneous pronunciation of r; utterance of r with vibration of the uvula.
  • n. Conversion of another sound, as s, into r.
  • n. Also spelled rotacism.
    • Word Usage
    "Sounds like proper Ringlish if you'll excuse an exaggerated intervocalic rhotacism."
     
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