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Language: Old English
Origin: has

hoarse

 adjective
     
hoarse
if you are hoarse, or if your voice is hoarse, you speak in a low rough voice, for example because your throat is sore:
He was hoarse from laughing.
—hoarsely adverb
—hoarseness noun [uncountable]
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