Vest-Pocket Vocabulary
Oxyph’ony, n. shrillness of voice.
Word in the Wild: Alex wanted to enter the political life, but was held back by a devastating case of oxyphony.
This word hails from at least 1769, according to the OED, and is a compound of oxy-, meaning keen, sharp or acid, and -phony, meaning sound or tone.
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