Rhotacism

[rәutәsizm]

Definition

(n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

Editor: Lucius

Definition

n. erroneous pronunciation of the letter r: burring: the tendency of s to change into r.—v.i. Rhō′tacise.

Checker: Rudolph