Associations to the word «Rhotacism»

Wiktionary

RHOTACISM, noun. An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.
RHOTACISM, noun. (countable) (linguistics): A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos becoming florem in the accusative case.
RHOTACISM, noun. Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats