RAUCOUS


Meaning of RAUCOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrȯ-kəs ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin raucus hoarse; akin to Latin ravis hoarseness

Date: 1769

1. : disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse

raucous voices

2. : boisterously disorderly

a… raucous frontier town — Truman Capote

Synonyms: see loud

• rau·cous·ly adverb

• rau·cous·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.