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Palatal

noun
1.
A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word 'yeast').





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"Palatal" Quotes from Famous Books



... delicacy of perception. There are none of the graceful flavours, none of the delicate ethers, none of the perfumed bouquets in whisky that belong to a wholesome wine. No, there is only the coarse spirit which benumbs the palatal nerves, and renders them incapable of picking out these vinous attributes. Moreover, it would almost seem that a person's very thoughts are controlled by his customary beverage. It is evident, indeed, that Richard Bentley, one of the greatest scholars ...
— The Art of Living in Australia • Philip E. Muskett (?-1909)


Words linked to "Palatal" :   semivowel, glide, palate, soft


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