throatiness

Noun

uncountable with reference to a voice with reference to a sheep or dog

(with reference to a voice) The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness. / (with reference to a sheep or dog) The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.

Japanese Meaning

（声について）喉に響く性質、粗い・こもった声質のこと。 / （羊や犬について）首の下に余分な皮膚が垂れ下がる状態、垂れ皮の存在。

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The singer's throatiness added a raw, emotional edge to the ballad.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その歌手の喉にかかったような声質がそのバラードに生々しい感情の鋭さを加えた。

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Sense（1）

(with reference to a voice) The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness.

Mademoiselle de Roissi’s voice […] is quite free from that throatiness of sound, an invariable characteristic of French voices, which, had we no evidence to the contrary, would lead us to suppose, that Mdlle. de Roissi had studied vocalization in Italy […]

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Sense（2）

We have before noticed, that a pendulous skin under the throat, what we term throatiness, is much esteemed, because it is supposed to denote a tendency both to wool and to a heavy fleece.

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