Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxyphonia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oxy-pho-nia
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

shrillness or high pitch of the voice

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the latter case, it is either too strong or too weak, too deep (vox clangosa, if it is at the same time too strong, and raucitas gravis, if it is at the same time too weak), or too high (oxyphonia, which again is divided into vox cucuriens or rudens, which is at the same time too strong, and raucitas acuta, at the same time too weak)."
"Symptoms related to pressure of the thyroid on neighboring structures in the neck include dysphagia, oxyphonia, dyspnea, and a choking sensation."
"You've produced this redolent oxyphonia in me, this mysterious paroxysm of wicked albuminuria."
"Farewell the unspeakable pleasures of ouretic and outlandish, outsoar and oxfordian; forgive my oxyphonia."

Etymology

From oxy- + -phonia.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does oxyphonia mean?: shrillness or high pitch of the voice
Where does oxyphonia come from?: From oxy- + -phonia.

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