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rau·cous

(rô

s) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Rough-sounding and harsh: raucous laughter.
Boisterous and disorderly: "the raucous give and take of American democracy" (Charles Kuralt).

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin raucus

OTHER FORMS:
raucous·ly (Adverb), raucous·ness or rauci·ty (rô

-t

) KEY (Noun)

Thesaurus: synonyms for raucous

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