Adjective: raspy
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | raspier |
| Superlative | raspiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy.
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“This,” [Ambassador Robert Lighthizer] stressed in his raspy voice, “is the key economic policy battle of patriotic Americans in the upcoming generation.” [2024 November 15, Ann Scott Tyson, Laurent Belsie, “Trump prepares for ‘economic warfare’ with China”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]
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I don't wish to get raspy, so let's change the subject. [1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Wedded:]
Adjectives inflected like raspy
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb /*(s)krebʰ-
4. Proto-Germanic *hrepsaną /*hrepspaną
5. Proto-Germanic *hrespaną
6. Proto-Germanic *hraspōną
7. Frankish *hraspōnbor.
8. Vulgar Latin *raspāre
9. Old French rasperbor.
10. Middle English raspen
11. English rasp
12. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
13. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
14. Proto-West Germanic *-g
15. Old English -iġ
16. Middle English -y
17. English -y
18. English raspy
19. From rasp + -y.