Wednesday, April 23, 2008

hoarse

hoarse

etymology
"noise, clamor, common talk, rumor," related to ravus "hoarse." The verb is recorded from 1858 in the sense "spread a rumor." Rumor mill is from 1973.

scentence
“where do you want to go?’’ he said in a hoarse voice.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)