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gruff
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[ɡrʌf], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a voice) rough and low in pitch
(e.g: she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice)
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘coarse-grained’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude’, of West Germanic origin
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