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   Gut·tur·al

   /ˈɡədərəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.
   • ▪ (of a manner of speech) characterized by the use of guttural sounds: "his parents' guttural central European accent"

   noun

   • 1. a guttural consonant (e.g. k, g) or other speech sound.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, or from medieval Latin gutturalis, from Latin guttur ‘throat’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gutturally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • G

     2

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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