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noun 
  1. An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R
  2. inability, Inability to pronounce the letter R
  3. (linguistics): A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos, flos becoming florem, florem in the accusative case.
Etymology: From Greek rho.


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