[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The condition of being throaty (in either sense).
1835. New England Farmer, 26 Aug., 1/1. My flock was from the Paular and Gaudaloupe, and particularly distinguished for the quantity and quality of their wool, and differs from the others in a looseness of skin on the neck, with a more evident degree of throatiness.
1871. G. Lawrence, Anteros, xix. You might pick out … one or two clear cases of throatiness.
1883. G. Stables, Our Friend the Dog, vii. 61. Throatiness, a term applied to loose skin about the throat, where none should exist, as in the Pointer.
1884. G. Moore, Mummer’s Wife (1887), 163. In a few lessons I could get rid of that throatiness, and show her how to get a note or two from the chest.
1890. Pall Mall G., 25 Aug., 2/3. Influenza…. The symptoms are always the same—rheumatism, throatiness, headache, and slight fever.
