Paspy vs Raspy - What's the difference?
paspy | raspy |
A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of (Queen Elizabeth I) and for some time after.
(of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
Irritable.
* Louisa May Alcott, Little Wives
As a noun paspy
is a kind of minuet, in triple time, of french origin, popular in the reign of (queen elizabeth i) and for some time after.As an adjective raspy is
(of sound) rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.paspy
English
Noun
(paspies)- (Percy Smith)
Synonyms
* passing measure * passymeasure (Webster 1913)raspy
English
Adjective
(er)- His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy .
- I don't wish to get raspy , so let's change the subject.