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hoarse

adj.
US //ˈhɔɹs// UK //hˈɔːs// hoarse Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, hārs, from Proto-Germanic haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

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